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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Numbers 33 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/33.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/numbers/33-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Numbers 33</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/32.htm" title="Numbers 32">◄</a> Numbers 33 <a href="../numbers/34.htm" title="Numbers 34">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/numbers/33.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Remembering Israel’s Journey</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is the route the Israelites followed as they marched out of Egypt under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>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.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They set out from the city of Rameses in early spring—on the fifteenth day of the first month<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a>—on the morning after the first Passover celebration. The people of Israel left defiantly, in full view of all the Egyptians. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn sons, whom the LORD had killed the night before. The LORD had defeated the gods of Egypt that night with great acts of judgment!</p><p class="b"/><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>After leaving Rameses, the Israelites set up camp at Succoth.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then they left Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They left Etham and turned back toward Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and camped near Migdol.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They left Pi-hahiroth<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> and crossed the Red Sea<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> into the wilderness beyond. Then they traveled for three days into the Etham wilderness and camped at Marah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They left Marah and camped at Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They left Elim and camped beside the Red Sea.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They left the Red Sea and camped in the wilderness of Sin.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a></p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They left the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>They left Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>They left the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They left Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>They left Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>They left Tahath and camped at Terah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>They left Terah and camped at Mithcah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>They left Mithcah and camped at Hashmonah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>They left Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>They left Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>They left Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>They left Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>They left Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the border of Edom. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>While they were at the foot of Mount Hor, Aaron the priest was directed by the LORD to go up the mountain, and there he died. This happened in midsummer, on the first day of the fifth month<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> of the fortieth year after Israel’s departure from Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Aaron was 123 years old when he died there on Mount Hor.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>At that time the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the people of Israel were approaching his land.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Meanwhile, the Israelites left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Then they left Zalmonah and camped at Punon.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>They left Punon and camped at Oboth.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>They left Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>They left Iye-abarim<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> and camped at Dibon-gad.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>They left Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>They left Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains east of the river,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> near Mount Nebo.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>They left the mountains east of the river and camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>Along the Jordan River they camped from Beth-jeshimoth as far as the meadows of Acacia<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">i</span></a> on the plains of Moab.</p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>While they were camped near the Jordan River on the plains of Moab opposite Jericho, the LORD said to Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: When you cross the Jordan River into the land of Canaan, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>you must drive out all the people living there. You must destroy all their carved and molten images and demolish all their pagan shrines. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>Take possession of the land and settle in it, because I have given it to you to occupy. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>You must distribute the land among the clans by sacred lot and in proportion to their size. A larger portion of land will be allotted to each of the larger clans, and a smaller portion will be allotted to each of the smaller clans. The decision of the sacred lot is final. In this way, the portions of land will be divided among your ancestral tribes. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>But if you fail to drive out the people who live in the land, those who remain will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will harass you in the land where you live. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/33-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>And I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">33:3 </span><span class="ft">This day in the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in late March, April, or early May.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">33:8a </span><span class="ft">As in many Hebrew manuscripts, Samaritan Pentateuch, and Latin Vulgate (see also 33:7); most Hebrew manuscripts read </span><span class="it">left from in front of Hahiroth.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">33:8b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the sea.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">33:10 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">sea of reeds;</span><span class="ft"> also in 33:11.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">33:11 </span><span class="ft">The geographical name </span><span class="it">Sin</span><span class="ft"> is related to </span><span class="it">Sinai</span><span class="ft"> and should not be confused with the English word </span><span class="it">sin.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">33:38 </span><span class="ft">This day in the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in July or August.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">33:45 </span><span class="ft">As in 33:44; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">Iyim,</span><span class="ft"> another name for Iye-abarim.</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">33:47 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">the mountains of Abarim;</span><span class="ft"> also in 33:48.</span><br><span class="fn">i</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">33:49 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">as far as Abel-shittim.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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