The Bible
February 25
Numbers 33 - 34 (New International Version)
Numbers 33
Stages in Israel's Journey
1 Here are the stages in the journey of the Israelites
when they came out of Egypt by divisions under the leadership of Moses and
Aaron. 2 At the LORD's command Moses recorded the stages
in their journey. This is their journey by stages:
3 The Israelites set out from Rameses
on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. They
marched out boldly in full view of all the Egyptians, 4
who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among
them; for the LORD had brought judgment on their gods.
5 The Israelites left Rameses and camped at Succoth.
6 They left Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of
the desert.
7 They left Etham, turned back to Pi Hahiroth, to the east
of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol.
8 They left Pi Hahiroth and passed through the sea into
the desert, and when they had traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham,
they camped at Marah.
9 They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were
twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
10 They left Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
11 They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.
12 They left the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
13 They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.
14 They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was
no water for the people to drink.
15 They left Rephidim and camped in the Desert of Sinai.
16 They left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth
Hattaavah.
17 They left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.
18 They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
19 They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.
20 They left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah.
21 They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.
22 They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.
23 They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.
24 They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.
25 They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.
26 They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
27 They left Tahath and camped at Terah.
28 They left Terah and camped at Mithcah.
29 They left Mithcah and camped at Hashmonah.
30 They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.
31 They left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan.
32 They left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad.
33 They left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.
34 They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.
35 They left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.
36 They left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh, in the
Desert of Zin.
37 They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the border
of Edom. 38 At the LORD's command Aaron the priest went up
Mount Hor, where he died on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth
year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. 39 Aaron was
a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.
40 The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev of
Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.
41 They left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
42 They left Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
43 They left Punon and camped at Oboth.
44 They left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim, on the border
of Moab.
45 They left Iyim and camped at Dibon Gad.
46 They left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim.
47 They left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains
of Abarim, near Nebo.
48 They left the mountains of Abarim and camped on the
plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. 49 There
on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to
Abel Shittim.
50 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho
the LORD said to Moses, 51 "Speak to the Israelites and
say to them: 'When you cross the Jordan into Canaan, 52
drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their
carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
53 Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have
given you the land to possess. 54 Distribute the land by
lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritance,
and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by lot will be
theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.
55 " 'But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the
land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in
your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live.
56 And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.' "
Numbers 34
Boundaries of Canaan
1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 "Command the
Israelites and say to them: 'When you enter Canaan, the land that will be
allotted to you as an inheritance will have these boundaries:
3 " 'Your southern side will include
some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your
southern boundary will start from the end of the Salt Sea, 4
cross south of Scorpion Pass, continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh
Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon, 5
where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Sea.
6 " 'Your western boundary will be the coast of the Great
Sea. This will be your boundary on the west.
7 " 'For your northern boundary, run a line from the Great
Sea to Mount Hor 8 and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then
the boundary will go to Zedad, 9 continue to Ziphron and
end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
10 " 'For your eastern boundary, run a line from Hazar
Enan to Shepham. 11 The boundary will go down from Shepham
to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the
Sea of Kinnereth. 12 Then the boundary will go down along
the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea.
" 'This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.' "
13 Moses commanded the Israelites: "Assign this land by
lot as an inheritance. The LORD has ordered that it be given to the nine and
a half tribes, 14 because the families of the tribe of
Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their
inheritance. 15 These two and a half tribes have received
their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan of Jericho, toward the
sunrise."
16 The LORD said to Moses, 17 "These are
the names of the men who are to assign the land for you as an inheritance:
Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. 18 And appoint
one leader from each tribe to help assign the land.
19 These are their names:
Caleb son of Jephunneh,
from the tribe of Judah;
20 Shemuel son of Ammihud,
from the tribe of Simeon;
21 Elidad son of Kislon,
from the tribe of Benjamin;
22 Bukki son of Jogli,
the leader from the tribe of Dan;
23 Hanniel son of Ephod,
the leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;
24 Kemuel son of Shiphtan,
the leader from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph;
25 Elizaphan son of Parnach,
the leader from the tribe of Zebulun;
26 Paltiel son of Azzan,
the leader from the tribe of Issachar;
27 Ahihud son of Shelomi,
the leader from the tribe of Asher;
28 Pedahel son of Ammihud,
the leader from the tribe of Naphtali."
29 These are the men the LORD commanded to assign the
inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.