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Israel’s Journey from Egypt Reviewed

1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, who went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the ahand of Moses and Aaron.  
2 Now Moses wrote down the starting points of their journeys at the command of the Lord. And these are their journeys according to their starting points:
3 They adeparted from Rameses in bthe first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the children of Israel went out cwith boldness in the sight of all the Egyptians.  
4 For the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, awhom the Lord had killed among them. Also bon their gods the Lord had executed judgments.  
5 aThen the children of Israel moved from Rameses and camped at Succoth.  
6 They departed from aSuccoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.  
7 aThey moved from Etham and turned back to Pi Hahiroth, which is east of Baal Zephon; and they camped near Migdol.  
8 They departed1 from before Hahiroth and apassed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, went three days’ journey in the Wilderness of Etham, and camped at Marah.  
9 They moved from Marah and acame to Elim. At Elim were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there.  
10 They moved from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
11 They moved from the Red Sea and camped in the aWilderness of Sin.  
12 They journeyed from the Wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
13 They departed from Dophkah and camped at Alush.
14 They moved from Alush and camped at aRephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.  
15 They departed from Rephidim and camped in the aWilderness of Sinai.  
16 They moved from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped aat Kibroth Hattaavah.  
17 They departed from Kibroth Hattaavah and acamped at Hazeroth.  
18 They departed from Hazeroth and camped at aRithmah.  
19 They departed from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.
20 They departed from Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah.
21 They moved from Libnah and camped at Rissah.
22 They journeyed from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.
23 They went from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.
24 They moved from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.
25 They moved from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.
26 They moved from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
27 They departed from Tahath and camped at Terah.
28 They moved from Terah and camped at Mithkah.
29 They went from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.
30 They departed from Hashmonah and acamped at Moseroth.  
31 They departed from Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan.
32 They moved from aBene Jaakan and bcamped at Hor Hagidgad.  
33 They went from Hor Hagidgad and camped at Jotbathah.
34 They moved from Jotbathah aand camped at Abronah.  
35 They departed from Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.
36 They moved from Ezion Geber and camped in the aWilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.  
37 They moved from aKadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the boundary of the land of Edom.  
38 Then aAaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the command of the Lord, and died there in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month.  
39 Aaron was one hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.
40 Now athe king of Arad, the Canaanite, who dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.  
41 So they departed from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
42 They departed from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
43 They departed from Punon and acamped at Oboth.  
44 aThey departed from Oboth and camped at Ije Abarim, at the border of Moab.  
45 They departed from1 Ijim and camped aat Dibon Gad.  
46 They moved from Dibon Gad and camped at aAlmon Diblathaim.  
47 They moved from Almon Diblathaim aand camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.  
48 They departed from the mountains of Abarim and acamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.  
49 They camped by the Jordan, from Beth Jesimoth as far as the aAbel Acacia Grove in the plains of Moab.  

Instructions for the Conquest of Canaan

50 Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying,
51 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: a‘When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,  
Commentaries:
Matthew Henry
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Numbers 33:1-56

Encampments of the Israelites. (1-49) The Canaanites to be destroyed. (50-56)

Verses 1-49 This is a brief review of the travels of the children of Israel through the wilderness. It is a memorable history. In their travels towards Canaan they were continually on the remove. Such is our state in this world; we have here no continuing city, and all our removes in this world are but from one part a desert to another. They were led to and fro, forward and backward, yet were all the while under the direction of the pillar of cloud and fire. God led them about, yet led them the right way. The way God takes in bringing his people to himself is always the best way, though it does not always seem to us the nearest way. Former events are mentioned. Thus we ought to keep in mind the providences of God concerning us and families, us and our land, and the many instances of that Divine care which has led us, and fed us, and kept us all our days hitherto. Few periods of our lives can be thought upon, without reminding us of the Lord's goodness, and our own ingratitude and disobedience: his kindness leaves us without excuse for our sins. We could not wish to travel over again the stages we have passed, unless we could hope, by the grace of God, to shun the sins we then committed, and to embrace such opportunities of doing good as we have let slip. Soon will our wanderings end, and our eternal state be fixed beyond recall; how important then is the present moment! Happy are those whom the Lord now guides with his counsel, and will at length receive to his glory. To this happiness the gospel calls us. Behold now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation. Let sinners seize the opportunity, and flee for refuge to the hope set before them. Let us redeem our time, to glorify God and serve our generation; and he will carry us safely through all, to his eternal kingdom.

Verses 50-56 Now that they were to pass over Jordan, they were entering again into temptation to follow idols; and they are threatened that, if they spared either the idols or the idolaters, their sin would certainly be their punishment. They would foster vipers in their own bosoms. The remnant of the Canaanites, if they made any peace with them, though but for a time, would be pricks in their eyes, and thorns in their sides. We must expect trouble and affliction from whatever sin we indulge; that which we are willing should tempt us, will vex us. It was intended that the Canaanites should be put out of the land; but if the Israelites learned their wicked ways, they also would be put out. Let us hear this and fear. If we do not drive out sin, sin will drive us out. If we are not the death of our lusts, our lusts will be the death of our souls.


 
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