Forty-Two Journeys of the Israelites

1These are the journeys of the sons of Israel, who went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2And Moses wrote down the starting points of their journeys at the mouth of YHWH, and these are their journeys according to their starting points.

3And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover the sons of Israel went out with hand held high† before the eyes of all the Egyptians. 4For Egypt were burying those whom YHWH had struck down among them, all the firstborn, and on their gods YHWH had executed judgments. 5And the sons of Israel set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.

6And they set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

7And they set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which is upon the face of Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.

8And they set out from Pi-hahiroth,† and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went a journey of three days in the Wilderness of Etham, and camped at Marah.

9And they set out from Marah and came to Elim, and at Elim were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they camped there.

10And they set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.†

11And they set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin.†

12And they set out from the Wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

13And they set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

14And they set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink.

15And they set out from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.

16And they set out from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.

17And they set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

18And they set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

19And they set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.

20And they set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.

21And they set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

22And they set out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

23And they set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

24And they set out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

25And they set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

26And they set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

27And they set out from Tahath and camped at Terah.

28And they set out from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

29And they set out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

30And they set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moserah.

31And they set out from Moserah and camped at Bene-jaakan.

32And they set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.

33And they set out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

34And they set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

35And they set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

36And they set out from Ezion-geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin; it is Kadesh.

37And they set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor on the boundary of the land of Edom. 38And Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the mouth of YHWH, and died there, in the fortieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel of the land of Egypt, on the first of the Fifth month. 39And Aaron was a son of three and twenty and a hundred years when he died on Mount Hor.

40And the Canaanite—the king of Arad—he dwelt in the Negev in the land of Canaan and heard of the coming of the sons of Israel. 41And they set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

42And they set out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

43And they set out from Punon and camped at Oboth.

44And they set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.

45And they set out from Ijim† and camped at Dibon-gad.

46And they set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

47And they set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of the Abarim† before the face of Nebo.

48And they set out from the mountains of the Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho.

49And they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim† in the plains of Moab.

Instructions for Occupying Canaan

50And YHWH spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying, 51“Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them: When you⁺ have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 52you⁺ shall drive out all those dwelling in the land from before you⁺ and destroy all their carved figures, and all their molten images you⁺ shall destroy, and all their high places you⁺ shall demolish.

53And you⁺ shall possess the land and dwell in it. For to you⁺ I have given the land to possess. 54And you⁺ shall inherit for yourselves the land by lot among your⁺ clans. To the larger you⁺ shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance. To where there the lot goes out to each one, it shall be unto him. According to the tribes of your⁺ fathers you⁺ shall inherit.

55But if you⁺ do not drive out those dwelling in the land from before you⁺, it shall be that you⁺ leave are irritants in your⁺ eyes and thorns in your⁺ sides, and they shall harass you⁺ in the land in which you⁺ dwell. 56And it will come to pass that as I thought to do to them, I will do to you⁺.”

Footnotes:

3 Or marched out boldly or marched out defiantly
8 Some Hebrew manuscripts, SP, and Vulgate; see verse 7; most MT manuscripts Hahiroth
10 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 11
11 The geographical name Sin is related to Sinai and should not be mistaken for the English word sin; also in verse 12.
45 Iyim is another name for Iye-abarim; see verse 44.
47 Or the mountains beyond the river; also in verse 48
49 Or the Meadow of the Acacias; that is, an area in the lowlands of Moab