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This is their journey by stages:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/33.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />At the LORD’s direction, Moses kept a written record of their progress. These are the stages of their march, identified by the different places where they stopped along the way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/33.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Moses wrote down their starting places, stage by stage, by command of the LORD, and these are their stages according to their starting places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/33.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/33.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these <i>are</i> their journeys according to their goings out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/33.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now Moses wrote down the starting points of their journeys at the command of the LORD. And these <i>are</i> their journeys according to their starting points:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/33.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moses recorded their starting places according to their journeys by the command of the LORD, and these are their journeys according to their starting places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/33.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Moses recorded their starting places according to their journeys by the command of the LORD, and these are their journeys according to their starting places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/33.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Moses recorded their starting places according to their journeys by the command of the LORD, and these are their journeys according to their starting places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/33.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Moses wrote down their starting places according to their journeys by the command of Yahweh, and these are their journeys according to their starting places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/33.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Moses recorded their points of departure, as the LORD commanded, stage by stage; and these are their journeys according to their points of departure:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/33.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />At the LORD’s command, Moses wrote down the starting points for the stages of their journey; these are the stages listed by their starting points:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/33.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />At the LORD&#8217s command, Moses wrote down the starting points for the stages of their journey; these are the stages listed by their starting points: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/33.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of Jehovah: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/33.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Moses kept a list of the places they camped, just as the LORD had instructed. Here is the record of their journey: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/33.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/33.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />At the LORD's command Moses wrote down the places where they went as they traveled. This is the list:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/33.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />At the command of the LORD, Moses wrote down the name of the place each time they set up camp. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/33.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Moses recorded their departures in their travels after being commanded to do so by the LORD. Here's a list of their travels based on their departures:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/33.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/33.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Moses recorded their departures according to their journeys, by the commandment of the LORD; now these are their journeys according to their departures.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/33.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/33.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/33.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Moses wrote the starting points of their journeys by the commandment of Yahweh. These are their journeys according to their starting points. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/33.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Moses writes their outgoings, by their journeys, by the command of YHWH; and these [are] their journeys, by their outgoings:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/33.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Moses writeth their outgoings, by their journeys, by the command of Jehovah; and these are their journeys, by their outgoings:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/33.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Moses will write their goings out according to their departures by the mouth of Jehovah: and these their departures according to their goings out.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/33.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Which Moses wrote down according to the places of their encamping, which they changed by the commandment of the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/33.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />which Moses wrote down according to the places of the encampments, which they changed upon the order of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/33.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Moses recorded the starting points of the various stages at the direction of the LORD. These are the stages according to their starting points:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/33.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Moses wrote down their starting points, stage by stage, by command of the LORD; and these are their stages according to their starting places.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/33.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Moses wrote down their goings out and their journeys by the commandment of the LORD; and these are their journeys according to their goings out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/33.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Moshe wrote their goings out and their picking up camps, by the word of the mouth of LORD JEHOVAH, and these are their picking up camps and their goings out.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/33.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Moses wrote their goings forth, stage by stage, by the commandment of the LORD; and these are their stages at their goings forth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/33.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Moses wrote their removals and their stages, by the word of the Lord: and these are the stages of their journeying.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/33-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=10194" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/33.htm">The Forty-Two Journeys of the Israelites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">At</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: pî (N-msc) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to.">command,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm" title="3789: way·yiḵ·tōḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To write. A primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write.">recorded</a> <a href="/hebrew/4161.htm" title="4161: mō·w·ṣā·’ê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring. ">the stages</a> <a href="/hebrew/4550.htm" title="4550: lə·mas·‘ê·hem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A pulling up, breaking (camp), setting out, a journey. From naca'; a departure, i.e. March; by implication, a station.">of their journey.</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: wə·’êl·leh (Conj-w:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">These</a> <a href="/hebrew/4550.htm" title="4550: mas·‘ê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A pulling up, breaking (camp), setting out, a journey. From naca'; a departure, i.e. March; by implication, a station.">are the stages</a> <a href="/hebrew/4161.htm" title="4161: lə·mō·w·ṣā·’ê·hem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring. ">listed by their starting points:</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/17-14.htm">Exodus 17:14</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-1.htm">Deuteronomy 1:1-3</a></span><br />These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. / It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir. / In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/4-19.htm">Joshua 4:19</a></span><br />On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/40-36.htm">Exodus 40:36-38</a></span><br />Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey. / If the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was taken up. / For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Deuteronomy 8:2</a></span><br />Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Joshua 5:10-12</a></span><br />On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover. / The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land. / And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-14.htm">Psalm 78:14-16</a></span><br />He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night. / He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas. / He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-19.htm">Nehemiah 9:19-21</a></span><br />You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go. / You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst. / For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-39.htm">Psalm 105:39-41</a></span><br />He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night. / They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. / He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a></span><br />He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-4</a></span><br />I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. / They all ate the same spiritual food ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a></span><br />Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Exodus 12:37</a></span><br />The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Deuteronomy 29:5</a></span><br />For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/24-5.htm">Joshua 24:5-7</a></span><br />Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out. / When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea. / So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.</p><p class="hdg">journeys</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/9-17.htm">Numbers 9:17-23</a></b></br> And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/10-6.htm">Numbers 10:6,13</a></b></br> When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/1-2.htm">Deuteronomy 1:2</a></b></br> (<i>There are</i> eleven days' <i>journey</i> from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/32-28.htm">Command</a> <a href="/numbers/27-23.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/numbers/33-1.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/numbers/33-1.htm">Journeys</a> <a href="/numbers/32-13.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/numbers/30-1.htm">Order</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-30.htm">Outgoings</a> <a href="/numbers/32-36.htm">Places</a> <a href="/numbers/11-26.htm">Recorded</a> <a href="/joshua/3-15.htm">Stage</a> <a href="/numbers/33-1.htm">Stages</a> <a href="/genesis/44-12.htm">Starting</a> <a href="/numbers/30-15.htm">Way</a> <a href="/exodus/24-4.htm">Writeth</a> <a href="/numbers/5-23.htm">Writing</a> <a href="/exodus/39-30.htm">Wrote</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/33-38.htm">Command</a> <a href="/numbers/33-38.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/numbers/33-5.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-10.htm">Journeys</a> <a href="/numbers/36-5.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/numbers/34-13.htm">Order</a> <a href="/numbers/34-4.htm">Outgoings</a> <a href="/numbers/33-52.htm">Places</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-58.htm">Recorded</a> <a href="/joshua/3-15.htm">Stage</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-7.htm">Stages</a> <a href="/judges/16-22.htm">Starting</a> <a href="/numbers/35-26.htm">Way</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-4.htm">Writeth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-13.htm">Writing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-13.htm">Wrote</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 33</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/33-1.htm">The forty-two journeys of the Israelites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">50. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/33-50.htm">The Canaanites are to be destroyed</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/numbers/33.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>At the LORD’s command</b><br />This phrase underscores the divine authority and guidance that directed the Israelites' journey. The Hebrew word for "command" is "peh," which literally means "mouth." This suggests that the instructions came directly from the mouth of God, emphasizing the personal and direct communication between God and Moses. In a broader theological context, this highlights the importance of obedience to divine instruction, a recurring theme throughout the Bible. It reminds believers of the necessity to heed God's word in their own lives, trusting in His perfect wisdom and timing.<p><b>Moses recorded</b><br />The act of recording signifies the importance of preserving history and God's dealings with His people. The Hebrew root "kathab" means to write or inscribe, indicating a deliberate and careful process. Moses, as a faithful servant and leader, ensured that the journey's details were documented for future generations. This act of recording serves as a testament to the faithfulness of God and the importance of remembering His works. It encourages believers to document and reflect on their own spiritual journeys, recognizing God's hand in their lives.<p><b>the stages of their journey</b><br />The term "stages" comes from the Hebrew word "mase'ah," which refers to a journey or a march. This word implies a process, a series of steps or phases, rather than a single event. The Israelites' journey was not just a physical relocation but a spiritual pilgrimage, marked by growth, challenges, and divine encounters. This concept resonates with the Christian life, which is often described as a journey of faith, where believers are continually moving towards spiritual maturity and deeper relationship with God.<p><b>These are the stages</b><br />Repetition of the word "stages" emphasizes the structured and purposeful nature of the journey. Each stage had significance and was part of God's divine plan. This reminds believers that every phase of their life, whether joyful or challenging, is under God's sovereign control and has a purpose in His grand design. It encourages trust in God's plan, even when the path seems unclear.<p><b>listed by their starting points</b><br />The phrase "starting points" highlights the beginning of each stage of the journey. The Hebrew word "motza" refers to a place of departure or origin. This suggests that each new phase began with a clear point of departure, a fresh start ordained by God. In the Christian walk, this can symbolize the new beginnings that God provides, offering opportunities for growth and transformation. It serves as a reminder that God is the author of new beginnings, and His mercies are new every morning, providing hope and renewal for His people.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/33.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">By the commandment of the Lord.--</span>It does not clearly appear whether these words should be understood of the record of the journeys of the Israelites as being made by Moses in obedience to a Divine command, or whether they should be understood of the journeys themselves as being taken in obedience to the Divine command.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/33.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And</span> <span class="cmt_word">Moses wrote their goings out</span> (<span class="hebrew">מוּצָא</span>. Septuagint, <span class="greek">ἀπάρσεις</span>) <span class="cmt_word">according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord.</span> The latter clause (<span class="hebrew">עַל־פִי יְהוָה</span>) may be taken as equivalent to an adjective qualifying the noun "goings out," signifying only that their marches were made under the orders of God himself. It is more natural to read it with the verb "wrote;" and in that case we have a direct assertion that Moses wrote this list of marches himself by command of God, doubtless as a memorial not only of historical interest, but of deep religious significance, as showing how Israel had been led by him who is faithful and true faithful in keeping his promise, true in fulfilling his word for good or for evil. The direct statement that Moses wrote this list himself is strongly corroborated by internal evidence, and has been accepted as substantially true by the most destructive critics. No conceivable inducement could have existed to invent a list of marches which only partially corresponds with the historical account, and can only with difficulty be reconciled with it - a list which contains many names nowhere else occurring, and having no associations for the later Israelites. Whether the statement thus introduced tells in favour of the Mosaic authorship (as usually accepted) of the rest of the Book is a very different matter, on which see the Introduction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/33-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">At</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD’s</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">command,</span><br /><span class="heb">פִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(pî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6310.htm">Strong's 6310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֜ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">recorded</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiḵ·tōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3789.htm">Strong's 3789: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grave, to write</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the stages</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹצָאֵיהֶ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·ṣā·’ê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4161.htm">Strong's 4161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their journey.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mas·‘ê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4550.htm">Strong's 4550: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pulling up, breaking (camp), setting out, a journey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">These</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֥לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are the stages</span><br /><span class="heb">מַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(mas·‘ê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4550.htm">Strong's 4550: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pulling up, breaking (camp), setting out, a journey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">listed by their starting points:</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמוֹצָאֵיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mō·w·ṣā·’ê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4161.htm">Strong's 4161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/33-2.htm">Numbers 33:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/33-2.htm">Numbers 33:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/33-2.htm">Numbers 33:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/33-2.htm">Numbers 33:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/33-2.htm">Numbers 33:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/33-2.htm">Numbers 33:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/33-2.htm">Numbers 33:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/33-2.htm">Numbers 33:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/33-2.htm">Numbers 33:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/33-2.htm">Numbers 33:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/33-2.htm">OT Law: Numbers 33:2 Moses wrote their goings out according (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/33-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 33:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 33:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/33-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 33:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 33:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>