Numbers 33:1-56 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

¹ These are the journeys ^H4550 of the children ^H1121 of Israel, ^H3478 which went forth ^H3318 out of the land ^H776 of Egypt ^H4714 with their armies ^H6635 under the hand ^H3027 of Moses ^H4872 and Aaron. ^H175

² And Moses ^H4872 wrote ^H3789 their goings out ^H4161 according to their journeys ^H4550 by the commandment ^H6310 of the LORD: ^H3068 and these are their journeys ^H4550 according to their goings out. ^H4161

³ And they departed ^H5265 from Rameses ^H7486 in the first ^H7223 month, ^H2320 on the fifteenth ^H6240 ^H2568 day ^H3117 of the first ^H7223 month; ^H2320 on the morrow ^H4283 after the passover ^H6453 the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 went out ^H3318 with an high ^H7311 hand ^H3027 in the sight ^H5869 of all the Egyptians. ^H4714

⁴ For the Egyptians ^H4714 buried ^H6912 all their firstborn, ^H1060 which the LORD ^H3068 had smitten ^H5221 among them: upon their gods ^H430 also the LORD ^H3068 executed ^H6213 judgments. ^H8201

⁵ And the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 removed ^H5265 from Rameses, ^H7486 and pitched ^H2583 in Succoth. ^H5523

⁶ And they departed ^H5265 from Succoth, ^H5523 and pitched ^H2583 in Etham, ^H864 which is in the edge ^H7097 of the wilderness. ^H4057

⁷ And they removed ^H5265 from Etham, ^H864 and turned again ^H7725 unto Pihahiroth, ^H6367 which is before Baalzephon: ^H1189 and they pitched ^H2583 before ^H6440 Migdol. ^H4024

⁸ And they departed ^H5265 from before ^H6440 Pihahiroth, ^H6367 and passed through ^H5674 the midst ^H8432 of the sea ^H3220 into the wilderness, ^H4057 and went ^H3212 three ^H7969 days' ^H3117 journey ^H1870 in the wilderness ^H4057 of Etham, ^H864 and pitched ^H2583 in Marah. ^H4785

⁹ And they removed ^H5265 from Marah, ^H4785 and came ^H935 unto Elim: ^H362 and in Elim ^H362 were twelve ^H8147 ^H6240 fountains ^H5869 of water, ^H4325 and threescore and ten ^H7657 palm trees; ^H8558 and they pitched ^H2583 there.

¹⁰ And they removed ^H5265 from Elim, ^H362 and encamped ^H2583 by the Red ^H5488 sea. ^H3220

¹¹ And they removed ^H5265 from the Red ^H5488 sea, ^H3220 and encamped ^H2583 in the wilderness ^H4057 of Sin. ^H5512

¹² And they took their journey ^H5265 out of the wilderness ^H4057 of Sin, ^H5512 and encamped ^H2583 in Dophkah. ^H1850

¹³ And they departed ^H5265 from Dophkah, ^H1850 and encamped ^H2583 in Alush. ^H442

¹⁴ And they removed ^H5265 from Alush, ^H442 and encamped ^H2583 at Rephidim, ^H7508 where was no water ^H4325 for the people ^H5971 to drink. ^H8354

¹⁵ And they departed ^H5265 from Rephidim, ^H7508 and pitched ^H2583 in the wilderness ^H4057 of Sinai. ^H5514

¹⁶ And they removed ^H5265 from the desert ^H4057 of Sinai, ^H5514 and pitched ^H2583 at Kibrothhattaavah. ^H6914

¹⁷ And they departed ^H5265 from Kibrothhattaavah, ^H6914 and encamped ^H2583 at Hazeroth. ^H2698

¹⁸ And they departed ^H5265 from Hazeroth, ^H2698 and pitched ^H2583 in Rithmah. ^H7575

¹⁹ And they departed ^H5265 from Rithmah, ^H7575 and pitched ^H2583 at Rimmonparez. ^H7428

²⁰ And they departed ^H5265 from Rimmonparez, ^H7428 and pitched ^H2583 in Libnah. ^H3841

²¹ And they removed ^H5265 from Libnah, ^H3841 and pitched ^H2583 at Rissah. ^H7446

²² And they journeyed ^H5265 from Rissah, ^H7446 and pitched ^H2583 in Kehelathah. ^H6954

²³ And they went ^H5265 from Kehelathah, ^H6954 and pitched ^H2583 in mount ^H2022 Shapher. ^H8234

²⁴ And they removed ^H5265 from mount ^H2022 Shapher, ^H8234 and encamped ^H2583 in Haradah. ^H2732

²⁵ And they removed ^H5265 from Haradah, ^H2732 and pitched ^H2583 in Makheloth. ^H4722

²⁶ And they removed ^H5265 from Makheloth, ^H4722 and encamped ^H2583 at Tahath. ^H8480

²⁷ And they departed ^H5265 from Tahath, ^H8480 and pitched ^H2583 at Tarah. ^H8646

²⁸ And they removed ^H5265 from Tarah, ^H8646 and pitched ^H2583 in Mithcah. ^H4989

²⁹ And they went ^H5265 from Mithcah, ^H4989 and pitched ^H2583 in Hashmonah. ^H2832

³⁰ And they departed ^H5265 from Hashmonah, ^H2832 and encamped ^H2583 at Moseroth. ^H4149

³¹ And they departed ^H5265 from Moseroth, ^H4149 and pitched ^H2583 in Benejaakan. ^H1142

³² And they removed ^H5265 from Benejaakan, ^H1142 and encamped ^H2583 at Horhagidgad. ^H2735

³³ And they went ^H5265 from Horhagidgad, ^H2735 and pitched ^H2583 in Jotbathah. ^H3193

³⁴ And they removed ^H5265 from Jotbathah, ^H3193 and encamped ^H2583 at Ebronah. ^H5684

³⁵ And they departed ^H5265 from Ebronah, ^H5684 and encamped ^H2583 at Eziongaber. ^H6100

³⁶ And they removed ^H5265 from Eziongaber, ^H6100 and pitched ^H2583 in the wilderness ^H4057 of Zin, ^H6790 which is Kadesh. ^H6946

³⁷ And they removed ^H5265 from Kadesh, ^H6946 and pitched ^H2583 in mount ^H2022 Hor, ^H2023 in the edge ^H7097 of the land ^H776 of Edom. ^H123

³⁸ And Aaron ^H175 the priest ^H3548 went up ^H5927 into mount ^H2022 Hor ^H2023 at the commandment ^H6310 of the LORD, ^H3068 and died ^H4191 there, in the fortieth ^H705 year ^H8141 after the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 were come out ^H3318 of the land ^H776 of Egypt, ^H4714 in the first ^H259 day of the fifth ^H2549 month. ^H2320

³⁹ And Aaron ^H175 was an hundred ^H3967 and twenty ^H6242 and three ^H7969 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 when he died ^H4194 in mount ^H2022 Hor. ^H2023

⁴⁰ And king ^H4428 Arad ^H6166 the Canaanite, ^H3669 which dwelt ^H3427 in the south ^H5045 in the land ^H776 of Canaan, ^H3667 heard ^H8085 of the coming ^H935 of the children ^H1121 of Israel. ^H3478

⁴¹ And they departed ^H5265 from mount ^H2022 Hor, ^H2023 and pitched ^H2583 in Zalmonah. ^H6758

⁴² And they departed ^H5265 from Zalmonah, ^H6758 and pitched ^H2583 in Punon. ^H6325

⁴³ And they departed ^H5265 from Punon, ^H6325 and pitched ^H2583 in Oboth. ^H88

⁴⁴ And they departed ^H5265 from Oboth, ^H88 and pitched ^H2583 in Ijeabarim, ^H5863 in the border ^H1366 of Moab. ^H4124

⁴⁵ And they departed ^H5265 from Iim, ^H5864 and pitched ^H2583 in Dibongad. ^H1769

⁴⁶ And they removed ^H5265 from Dibongad, ^H1769 and encamped ^H2583 in Almondiblathaim. ^H5963

⁴⁷ And they removed ^H5265 from Almondiblathaim, ^H5963 and pitched ^H2583 in the mountains ^H2022 of Abarim, ^H5682 before ^H6440 Nebo. ^H5015

⁴⁸ And they departed ^H5265 from the mountains ^H2022 of Abarim, ^H5682 and pitched ^H2583 in the plains ^H6160 of Moab ^H4124 by Jordan ^H3383 near Jericho. ^H3405

⁴⁹ And they pitched ^H2583 by Jordan, ^H3383 from Bethjesimoth ^H1020 even unto Abelshittim ^H63 in the plains ^H6160 of Moab. ^H4124

⁵⁰ And the LORD ^H3068 spake ^H1696 unto Moses ^H4872 in the plains ^H6160 of Moab ^H4124 by Jordan ^H3383 near Jericho, ^H3405 saying, ^H559

⁵¹ Speak ^H1696 unto the children ^H1121 of Israel, ^H3478 and say ^H559 unto them, When ye are passed over ^H5674 Jordan ^H3383 into the land ^H776 of Canaan; ^H3667

⁵² Then ye shall drive out ^H3423 all the inhabitants ^H3427 of the land ^H776 from before ^H6440 you, and destroy ^H6 all their pictures, ^H4906 and destroy ^H6 all their molten ^H4541 images, ^H6754 and quite pluck down ^H8045 all their high places: ^H1116

⁵³ And ye shall dispossess ^H3423 the inhabitants of the land, ^H776 and dwell ^H3427 therein: for I have given ^H5414 you the land ^H776 to possess ^H3423 it.

⁵⁴ And ye shall divide ^H5157 the land ^H776 by lot ^H1486 for an inheritance ^H5157 among your families: ^H4940 and to the more ^H7227 ye shall give the more ^H7235 inheritance, ^H5159 and to the fewer ^H4592 ye shall give the less ^H4591 inheritance: ^H5159 every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot ^H1486 falleth; ^H3318 according to the tribes ^H4294 of your fathers ^H1 ye shall inherit. ^H5157

⁵⁵ But if ye will not drive out ^H3423 the inhabitants ^H3427 of the land ^H776 from before ^H6440 you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain ^H3498 of them shall be pricks ^H7899 in your eyes, ^H5869 and thorns ^H6796 in your sides, ^H6654 and shall vex ^H6887 you in the land ^H776 wherein ye dwell. ^H3427

⁵⁶ Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do ^H6213 unto you, as I thought ^H1819 to do ^H6213 unto them.

Commentary on Numbers 33 Matthew Henry Commentary

John Gill Keil & Delitzsch Robert Jamieson: Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Chapter 33

In this chapter we have,

I. A particular account of the removals and encampments of the children of Israel, from their escape out of Egypt to their entrance into Canaan, forty-two in all, with some remarkable events that happened at some of those places (v. 1-49).
II. A strict command given them to drive out all the inhabitants of the land of Canaan, which they were not going to conquer and take possession of (v. 50-56). So that the former part of the chapter looks back upon their march through the wilderness, the latter looks forward to their settlement in Canaan.

Num 33:1-49

This is a review and brief rehearsal of the travels of the children of Israel through the wilderness. It was a memorable history and well worthy to be thus abridged, and the abridgment thus preserved, to the honour of God that led them and for the encouragement of the generations that followed. Observe here,

I. How the account was kept: Moses wrote their goings out, v. 2. When they began this tedious march, God ordered him to keep a journal or diary, and to insert in it all the remarkable occurrences of their way, that it might be a satisfaction to himself in the review and an instruction to others when it should be published. It may be of good use to private Christians, but especially to those in public stations, to preserve in writing an account of the providences of God concerning them, the constant series of mercies they have experienced, especially those turns and changes which have made some days of their lives more remarkable. Our memories are deceitful and need this help, that we may remember all the way which the Lord our God has led us in this wilderness, Deu. 8:2.
II. What the account itself was. It began with their departure out of Egypt, continued with their march through the wilderness, and ended in the plains of Moab, where they now lay encamped.
- 1. Some things are observed here concerning their departure out of Egypt, which they are reminded of upon all occasions, as a work of wonder never to be forgotten.
  - (1.) That they went forth with their armies (v. 1), rank and file, as an army with banners.
  - (2.) Under the hand of Moses and Aaron, their guides, overseers, and rulers, under God.
  - (3.) With a high hand, because God's hand was high that wrought for them, and in the sight of all the Egyptians, v. 3. They did not steal away clandestinely (Isa. 52:12), but in defiance of their enemies, to whom God had made them such a burdensome stone that they neither could, nor would, nor durst, oppose them.
  - (4.) They went forth while the Egyptians were burying, or at least preparing to bury, their first-born, v. 4. They had a mind good enough, or rather bad enough, still to have detained the Israelites their prisoners, but God found them other work to do. They would have God's first-born buried alive, but God set them a burying their own first-born.
  - (5.) To all the plagues of Egypt it is added here that on their gods also the Lord executed judgments. Their idols which they worshipped, it is probable, were broken down, as Dagon afterwards before the ark, so that they could not consult them about this great affair. To this perhaps there is reference, Isa. 19:1, The idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence.
- 2. Concerning their travels towards Canaan. Observe,
  - (1.) They were continually upon the remove. When they had pitched a little while in one place they departed from that to another. Such is our state in this world; we have here no continuing city.
  - (2.) Most of their way lay through a wilderness, uninhabited, untracked, unfurnished even with the necessaries of human life, which magnifies the wisdom and power of God, by whose wonderful conduct and bounty the thousands of Israel not only subsisted for forty years in that desolate place, but came out at least as numerous and vigorous as they went in. At first they pitched in the edge of the wilderness (v. 6), but afterwards in the heart of it; by less difficulties God prepares his people for greater. We find them in the wilderness of Etham (v. 8), of Sin (v. 11), of Sinai, v. 15. Our removals in this world are but from one wilderness to another.
  - (3.) They were led to and fro, forward and backward, as in a maze or labyrinth, and yet were all the while under the direction of the pillar of cloud and fire. He led them about (Deu. 32:10), and yet led them the right way, Ps. 107:7. The way which God takes in bringing his people to himself is always the best way, though it does not always seem to us the nearest way.
  - (4.) Some events are mentioned in this journal, as their want of water at Rephidim (v. 14), the death of Aaron (v. 38, 39), the insult of Arad (v. 40); and the very name of Kibroth-hattaavah-the graves of lusts (v. 16), has a story depending upon it. Thus we ought to keep in mind the providences of God concerning us and our families, us and our land, and the many instances of that divine care which has led us, and fed us, and kept us, all our days hitherto. Shittim, the place where the people sinned in the matter of Peor (ch. 25:1), is here called Abel-shittim. Abel signifies mourning (as Gen. 50:11), and probably this place was so called from the mourning of the good people of Israel on account of that sin and of God's wrath against them for it. It was so great a mourning that it gave a name to the place.

Num 33:50-56

While the children of Israel were in the wilderness their total separation from all other people kept them out of the way of temptation to idolatry, and perhaps this was one thing intended by their long confinement in the wilderness, that thereby the idols of Egypt might be forgotten, and the people aired (as it were) and purified from that infection, and the generation that entered Canaan might be such as never knew those depths of Satan. But now that they were to pass over Jordan they were entering again into that temptation, and therefore,

1. They are here strictly charged utterly to destroy all remnants of idolatry. They must not only drive out the inhabitants of the land, that they may possess their country, but they must deface all their idolatrous pictures and images, and pull down all their high places, v. 52. They must not preserve any of them, no, not as monuments of antiquity to gratify the curious, nor as ornaments of their houses, nor toys for their children to play with, but they must destroy all, both in token of their abhorrence and detestation of idolatry and to prevent their being tempted to worship those images, and the false gods represented by them, or to worship the God of Israel by such images or representations.
2. They were assured that, if they did so, God would by degrees put them in full possession of the land of promise, v. 53, 54. If they would keep themselves pure from the idols of Canaan, God would enrich them with the wealth of Canaan. Learn not their way, and then fear not their power.
3. They were threatened that, if they spared either the idols or the idolaters, they should be beaten with their own rod and their sin would certainly be their punishment.
- (1.) They would foster snakes in their own bosoms, v. 55. The remnant of the Canaanites, if they made any league with them, though it were but a cessation of arms, would be pricks in their eyes and thorns in their sides, that is, they would be upon all occasions vexatious to them, insulting them, robbing them, and, to the utmost of their power, making mischief among them. We must expect trouble and affliction from that, whatever it is, which we sinfully indulge; that which we are willing should tempt us we shall find will vex us.
- (2.) The righteous God would turn that wheel upon the Israelites which was to have crushed the Canaanites: I shall do to you as I thought to do unto them, v. 56. It was intended that the Canaanites should be dispossessed; but if the Israelites fell in with them, and learned their way, they should be dispossessed, for God's displeasure would justly be greater against them than against the Canaanites themselves. Let us hear this, and fear. If we do not drive sin out, sin will drive us out; if we be not the death of our lusts, our lusts will be the death of our souls.

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