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Numbers 33

Numbers 33:1

These are the journeys of the children of Israel which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:2

And Moses wrote their goings out, their removals or decampments, ACCORDING TO THEIR JOURNEYS BY THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD; AND THESE ARE THEIR JOURNEYS ACCORDING TO THEIR GOINGS OUT. Moses prepared this list at the command of Jehovah, "undoubtedly that it might be a monument of the great guidance... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:3

And they departed from Rameses, apparently the chief city of the district which they inhabited in Egypt and the natural place of assembling for the exodus from Egypt, Exodus 12:37, IN THE FIRST MONTH, ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH; ON THE MORROW AFTER THE PASSOVER THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WE... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:4

For the Egyptians buried all their first-born, which the Lord had smitten among them, and therefore did not lift a hand to hinder the departure of the Israelites; UPON THEIR GODS ALSO THE LORD EXECUTED JUDGMENTS, chiefly in showing their powerlessness at this critical point.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:5

And the children of Israel departed from Rameses, the name always indicating the station from which the next march began, not the entire encampment, AND PITCHED IN SUCCOTH, near the lakes on the eastern boundary of Egypt.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:7

And they removed from Etham, and turned again, that is, they turned back, in a southwesterly direction, UNTO PIHAHIROTH, WHICH IS BEFORE BAAL-ZEPHON, Exodus 14:2; AND THEY PITCHED BEFORE MIGDOL.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:8

And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, namely, the Wilderness of Shur, Exodus 15:22, AND WENT THREE DAYS^ JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS OF ETHAM, the more general name for the desertlike country along the eastern shore of the Gulf of Suez,... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:9

And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim, Exodus 15:27; AND IN ELIM WERE TWELVE FOUNTAINS OF WATER AND THREESCORE AND TEN PALM-TREES; AND THEY PITCHED THERE.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:10

And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea, probably because the road near the Sea offered a more gradual ascent into the higher country to the east.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:13

And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush, these two stations not being expressly named in the historical account.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:16

And they removed from the Desert of Sinai, where they had been almost a year, AND PITCHED AT KIBROTH-HATTAAVAH, in the Wilderness of Paran, Numbers 10:12; Numbers 11:34.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:18

And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah, also known as Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Paran, at its northern border, Numbers 12:16. The stations named in the next seventeen verses are those of the wilderness journey of the next thirty-eight years.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:36

And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the Wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh, thus coming back to that section of the Wilderness of Paran which they had left some thirty-seven years before,... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:38

And Aaron, the priest, went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, Numbers 20:22, IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIFTH MONTH.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:40

And King Arad, the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel, Numbers 21:1.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:43

And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth, the three last-named probably being the same stations as those mentioned in vv. 33-35.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:44

And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab, Numbers 21:11. They had thus marched around the entire land of Edom.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:48

And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the Plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, where they were encamped at this time.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:49

And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the Plains of Moab, these being the extreme limits of their encampment. Each name in this list recalled some act of God's goodness and mercy to the minds of the Israelites, even as Christians associate the names of certain plac... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:51

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan, an event whose happening is here assumed as most certain to take place,... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:52

then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, idols hewn out of stone, AND DESTROY ALL THEIR MOLTEN IMAGES, idols cast from metals, AND QUITE PLUCK DOWN ALL THEIR HIGH PLACES, the altars and places of worship on hills. Leviticus 26:30;... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:53

and ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, namely, by exterminating them, AND DWELL THEREIN; FOR I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE LAND TO POSSESS IT.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:54

And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families, every generation receiving that part of the country for a home to which the lot drawn from the urn directed its members; AND TO THE MORE YE SHALL GIVE THE MORE INHERITANCE, AND TO THE FEWER YE SHALL GIVE THE LESS INHERITANCE... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:55

But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, namely, by uprooting them entirely, THEN IT SHALL COME TO PASS THAT THOSE WHICH YE LET REMAIN OF THEM SHALL BE PRICKS IN YOUR EYES AND THORNS IN YOUR SIDES, causing them just as sharp pains as the sharpest thorns would to the... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 33:56

Moreover, it shall come to pass that I shall do unto you as I thought to do unto them, namely, drive them out of the land and destroy them. This warning was repeated by Joshua, Joshua 23:13, and was fulfilled in the history of both Israel and Judah. It is the will of God to this day that Christians,... [ Continue Reading ]

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