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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/33.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/33.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/33.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/33.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And they set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/33.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/33.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/33.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They departed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/33.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />They journeyed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/33.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They journeyed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/33.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and camped at Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/33.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They journeyed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/33.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They moved out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah [near Kadesh, the place from which the twelve spies were sent to spy out the land of Canaan].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/33.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They traveled from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/33.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They departed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/33.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/33.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/33.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They moved from Hazeroth and set up camp at Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/33.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They traveled from Hazeroth, then rested in Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/33.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/33.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They traveled from Hazeroth and camped in Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/33.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They traveled from Hazeroth, and camped in Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/33.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they departed from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/33.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/33.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they journey from Hazeroth and encamp in Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/33.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and they journey from Hazeroth, and encamp in Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/33.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will remove from Hazeroth, and encamp in Rithmah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/33.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And from Haseroth they came to Rethma. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/33.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And from Hazeroth, they went to Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/33.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Setting out from Hazeroth, they camped at Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/33.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/33.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they departed from Hazeroth, and encamped at Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/33.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they picked up from Khetsruth and they camped in Rethma.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/33.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/33.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they departed from Aseroth, and encamped in Rathama.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/33-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=10299" 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">17</span>They set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5265.htm" title="5265: way·yis·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To pull out or up, set out, journey. A primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. Start on a journey.">They set out</a> <a href="/hebrew/2698.htm" title="2698: mê·ḥă·ṣê·rōṯ (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- A place in the wilderness. Feminine plural of chatser; yards; Chatseroth, a place in Palestine.">from Hazeroth</a> <a href="/hebrew/2583.htm" title="2583: way·ya·ḥă·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline; by implication, to decline; specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. To encamp.">and camped</a> <a href="/hebrew/7575.htm" title="7575: bə·riṯ·māh (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A place in the desert. Feminine of rethem; Rithmah, a place in the Desert.">at Rithmah.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>They set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.…<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/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1</a></span><br />Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-22.htm">Exodus 15:22</a></span><br />Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-2.htm">Deuteronomy 1:2</a></span><br />It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.<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/5-6.htm">Joshua 5:6</a></span><br />For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.<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/78-52.htm">Psalm 78:52-53</a></span><br />He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness. / He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.<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="/isaiah/63-11.htm">Isaiah 63:11-14</a></span><br />Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them, / who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown, / who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble? ...<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="/hebrews/11-29.htm">Hebrews 11:29</a></span><br />By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-1.htm">Exodus 16:1</a></span><br />On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/19-1.htm">Exodus 19:1-2</a></span><br />In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai. / After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.</p><p class="hdg">they departed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/12-16.htm">Numbers 12:16</a></b></br> And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.</p><p class="hdg">Rithmah.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/33-17.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/numbers/33-17.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/numbers/33-17.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/numbers/33-17.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/numbers/33-17.htm">Hazeroth</a> <a href="/numbers/33-17.htm">Haze'roth</a> <a href="/numbers/33-17.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/numbers/33-17.htm">Journeyed</a> <a href="/numbers/33-17.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/numbers/33-17.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/numbers/33-19.htm">Rithmah</a> <a href="/numbers/33-17.htm">Tents</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/33-19.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/numbers/33-19.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/numbers/33-19.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/numbers/33-19.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-1.htm">Hazeroth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-1.htm">Haze'roth</a> <a href="/numbers/33-19.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/numbers/33-19.htm">Journeyed</a> <a href="/numbers/33-19.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/numbers/33-19.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/numbers/33-19.htm">Rithmah</a> <a href="/numbers/33-19.htm">Tents</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'; 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It is the location where Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of his Cushite wife, leading to Miriam's leprosy (Numbers 12). This incident highlights the challenges of leadership and the importance of humility and obedience to God. Hazeroth is believed to be located in the northeastern part of the Sinai Peninsula, though its exact location remains uncertain. The departure from Hazeroth signifies a continuation of the Israelites' journey towards the Promised Land, emphasizing the transient nature of their wilderness experience and God's guidance through each stage.<p><b>and camped at Rithmah.</b><br>Rithmah is one of the lesser-known stops in the Israelites' journey, and its exact location is not definitively identified today. The name "Rithmah" is derived from the Hebrew word for "broom plant," suggesting a landscape where such vegetation was prevalent. This stop is part of the larger narrative of the Israelites' 40-year journey through the wilderness, a period marked by testing, reliance on God, and preparation for entering Canaan. The journey from Hazeroth to Rithmah, like other stages, underscores the theme of trust in God's provision and timing. The movement from one camp to another reflects the nomadic lifestyle of the Israelites during this period and serves as a metaphor for the spiritual journey of faith, where believers are called to follow God's leading, often without knowing the final destination.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hazeroth.htm">Hazeroth</a></b><br>A location in the wilderness where the Israelites camped during their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land. It is notable for the events involving Miriam and Aaron speaking against Moses (Numbers 12).<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/r/rithmah.htm">Rithmah</a></b><br>Another campsite for the Israelites during their wilderness wanderings. The name "Rithmah" is derived from the Hebrew root (Rithmah), which is associated with the broom plant, indicating a desert area.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God, led by Moses, who were journeying from Egypt to the Promised Land. Their journey is marked by a series of encampments, each with its own significance and lessons.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness_journey.htm">The Wilderness Journey</a></b><br>The broader context of this passage is the Israelites' 40-year journey through the wilderness, a time of testing, learning, and preparation for entering the Promised Land.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt and through the wilderness. His leadership is central to the events described in Numbers.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>The Israelites' journey from Hazeroth to Rithmah reminds us of the importance of obedience to God's commands. Each step in their journey was directed by God, and their success depended on their willingness to follow His guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_the_past.htm">Learning from the Past</a></b><br>The encampments in the wilderness serve as reminders of past lessons. As believers, we should reflect on our own spiritual journey and learn from past experiences to grow in faith and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_god's_provision.htm">Trusting God's Provision</a></b><br>The wilderness journey was a time of testing for the Israelites, teaching them to rely on God's provision. In our own lives, we are called to trust in God's faithfulness, even in challenging circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_place.htm">The Significance of Place</a></b><br>Each location in the Israelites' journey had its own significance and lessons. We should consider the places and seasons in our own lives as opportunities for growth and learning.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_33.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 33</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_on_refusing_medical_treatment.htm">What happened to the Midianite virgins in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/genesis_48__ephraim_manasseh_tribal_fit.htm">Genesis 48 - How does the inclusion of Ephraim and Manasseh as tribes align with the tribal lists elsewhere in the Bible, and does it create any contradictions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_numbers_33_5-49_sites_unclear.htm">Why are many locations in Numbers 33:5-49 unidentified or disputed, casting doubt on the authenticity of this desert route?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_exclude_levites_in_numbers_1_47-53.htm">What rationale is given for excluding Levites from the census in Numbers 1:47-53, and how does this affect the overall population count?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/33.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Rithmah.</span> Comparing this verso with <a href="/numbers/12-16.htm">Numbers 12:16</a> and Numbers 13:26, it would appear as if Rithmah were the station "in the wilderness of Paran" from which the spies went up, and to which they returned - a station subsequently known by the name of Kadesh. There are two difficulties in the way of this identification. In the first place we should then only have three names of stations between Sinai and the southern border of Palestine, on what is at least eleven days' journey. This is, however, confessedly the case in the historical narrative, and it admits of explanation. We know that the first journey was a three days' journey (<a href="/numbers/10-33.htm">Numbers 10:33</a>), and the others may have been longer still, through a country which presented no facilities for encamping, and possessed no variety of natural features. In the second place, Rithmah is not Kadesh, and cannot be connected with Kadesh except through a doubtful identification with the Wady Retemat in the neighbourhood of Ain Kudes (see note at end of chapter 13). It is, however, evident from <a href="/numbers/12-16.htm">Numbers 12:16</a>, as compared with <a href="/numbers/13-26.htm">Numbers 13:26</a>, that Kadesh was not the name originally given to the encampment "in the wilderness of Paran." It seems to have got that name - perhaps owing to some popular feeling with respect to an ancient sanctuary, perhaps owing to some partial shifting of the camp - during the absence of the spies. Rithmah, therefore, may well have been the official name (so to speak) originally given to the encampment, but subsequently superseded by the more famous name of Kadesh; this would explain both its non-appearance in the narrative of Numbers, and its appearance in the Itinerary here. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/33-18.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">They set out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּסְע֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yis·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5265.htm">Strong's 5265: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Hazeroth</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵחֲצֵרֹ֑ת</span> <span class="translit">(mê·ḥă·ṣê·rōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2698.htm">Strong's 2698: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hazeroth -- a place in the wilderness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and camped</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·ḥă·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2583.htm">Strong's 2583: </a> </span><span class="str2">To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at Rithmah.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרִתְמָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·riṯ·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7575.htm">Strong's 7575: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rithmah -- a place in the desert</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/33-18.htm">Numbers 33:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/33-18.htm">Numbers 33:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/33-18.htm">Numbers 33:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/33-18.htm">Numbers 33:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/33-18.htm">Numbers 33:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/33-18.htm">Numbers 33:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/33-18.htm">Numbers 33:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/33-18.htm">Numbers 33:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/33-18.htm">Numbers 33:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/33-18.htm">Numbers 33:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/33-18.htm">OT Law: Numbers 33:18 They traveled from Hazeroth and encamped (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/33-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 33:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 33:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/33-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 33:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 33:19" /></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>