Numbers 33:1-49

9. The Encampments in the Wilderness

CHAPTER 33:1-49

1. The first stage: From Egypt to Sinai (Numbers 33:1)

2. The second stage: From Sinai to Kadesh (Numbers 33:16)

3. The third stage: From Rithmah to Kadesh-- The 38 years wandering (Numbers 33:18)

4. The fourth stage: From Kadesh to the plain of Moab-- The fortieth year (Numbers 33:37)

The chapter shows most blessedly how the eye of God follows the journeys and wanderings of His people and how He keeps record of them. Nothing escapes His watchful eye. And He leads His people in spite of their failures to the promised goal. Notice the long list of encampments of their wanderings with no history. Many lessons must be written here which God's people have not been able to understand. The Hebrew names given in this long list of stations shed much light on what may have taken place.