1 T hese are the journeys of the children of Israel, who went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.

2 N ow 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 T hey departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the children of Israel went out with boldness in the sight of all the Egyptians.

4 F or the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had killed among them. Also on their gods the Lord had executed judgments.

5 T hen the children of Israel moved from Rameses and camped at Succoth.

6 T hey departed from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

7 T hey moved from Etham and turned back to Pi Hahiroth, which is east of Baal Zephon; and they camped near Migdol.

8 T hey departed from before Hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, went three days’ journey in the Wilderness of Etham, and camped at Marah.

9 T hey moved from Marah and came to Elim. At Elim were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there.

10 T hey moved from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

11 T hey moved from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin.

12 T hey journeyed from the Wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

13 T hey departed from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

14 T hey moved from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

15 T hey departed from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.

16 T hey moved from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.

17 T hey departed from Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

18 T hey departed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

19 T hey departed from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.

20 T hey departed from Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah.

21 T hey moved from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

22 T hey journeyed from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

23 T hey went from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

24 T hey moved from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

25 T hey moved from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

26 T hey moved from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

27 T hey departed from Tahath and camped at Terah.

28 T hey moved from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

29 T hey went from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

30 T hey departed from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

31 T hey departed from Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan.

32 T hey moved from Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Hagidgad.

33 T hey went from Hor Hagidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

34 T hey moved from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

35 T hey departed from Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.

36 T hey moved from Ezion Geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

37 T hey moved from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the boundary of the land of Edom.

38 T hen Aaron 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 A aron was one hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.

40 N ow the 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 S o they departed from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

42 T hey departed from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

43 T hey departed from Punon and camped at Oboth.

44 T hey departed from Oboth and camped at Ije Abarim, at the border of Moab.

45 T hey departed from Ijim and camped at Dibon Gad.

46 T hey moved from Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim.

47 T hey moved from Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

48 T hey departed from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.

49 T hey camped by the Jordan, from Beth Jesimoth as far as the Abel Acacia Grove in the plains of Moab. Instructions for the Conquest of Canaan

50 N ow 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: ‘When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

52 t hen you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images, and demolish all their high places;

53 y ou shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell in it, for I have given you the land to possess.

54 A nd you shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance; there everyone’s inheritance shall be whatever falls to him by lot. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.

55 B ut if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those whom you let remain shall be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell.

56 M oreover it shall be that I will do to you as I thought to do to them.’”