# Numbers 33 📖: Israel's Journey Recalled
[[📚 Explore the Bible Books]]
[[-Numbers Overview]] | [[Numbers 32]] | [[Numbers 34]]
> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#💬 Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#📂 Internal Notes]]
## 📜 Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
### Remembering Israel’s Journey
[[#Verse 01.]] These are the journeys of the Israelites, who went out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the authority of Moses and Aaron.
[[#Verse 02.]] Moses recorded their departures according to their journeys, by the commandment of the Lord; now these are their journeys according to their departures.
[[#Verse 03.]] They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the Israelites went out defiantly in plain sight of all the Egyptians.
[[#Verse 04.]] Now the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had killed among them; the Lord also executed judgments on their gods.
[[#Verse 05.]] The Israelites traveled from Rameses and camped in Sukkoth.
[[#Verse 06.]] They traveled from Sukkoth, and camped in Etham, which is on the edge of the desert.
[[#Verse 07.]] They traveled from Etham, and turned again to Pi Hahiroth, which is before Baal Zephon; and they camped before Migdal.
[[#Verse 08.]] They traveled from Pi Hahiroth, and passed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and camped in Marah.
[[#Verse 09.]] They traveled from Marah and came to Elim; in Elim there are twelve fountains of water and seventy palm trees, so they camped there.
[[#Verse 10.]] They traveled from Elim, and camped by the Red Sea.
[[#Verse 11.]] They traveled from the Red Sea and camped in the wilderness of Sin.
[[#Verse 12.]] They traveled from the wilderness of Sin and camped in Dophkah.
[[#Verse 13.]] And they traveled from Dophkah, and camped in Alush.
[[#Verse 14.]] They traveled from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
[[#Verse 15.]] They traveled from Rephidim and camped in the desert of Sinai.
[[#Verse 16.]] They traveled from the desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.
[[#Verse 17.]] They traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.
[[#Verse 18.]] They traveled from Hazeroth and camped in Rithmah.
[[#Verse 19.]] They traveled from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.
[[#Verse 20.]] They traveled from Rimmon Perez and camped in Libnah.
[[#Verse 21.]] They traveled from Libnah and camped at Rissah.
[[#Verse 22.]] They traveled from Rissah and camped in Kehelathah.
[[#Verse 23.]] They traveled from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.
[[#Verse 24.]] They traveled from Mount Shepher and camped in Haradah.
[[#Verse 25.]] They traveled from Haradah and camped in Makheloth.
[[#Verse 26.]] They traveled from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
[[#Verse 27.]] They traveled from Tahath and camped at Terah.
[[#Verse 28.]] They traveled from Terah and camped in Mithcah.
[[#Verse 29.]] They traveled from Mithcah and camped in Hashmonah.
[[#Verse 30.]] They traveled from Hashmonah and camped in Moseroth.
[[#Verse 31.]] They traveled from Moseroth and camped in Bene Jaakan.
[[#Verse 32.]] They traveled from Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad.
[[#Verse 33.]] They traveled from Hor Haggidgad and camped in Jotbathah.
[[#Verse 34.]] They traveled from Jotbathah and camped in Abronah.
[[#Verse 35.]] They traveled from Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.
[[#Verse 36.]] They traveled from Ezion Geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, that is, Kadesh.
[[#Verse 37.]] They traveled from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor at the edge of the land of Edom.
[[#Verse 38.]] Aaron the priest ascended Mount Hor at the command of the Lord, and he died there in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt on the first day of the fifth month.
[[#Verse 39.]] Now Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.
[[#Verse 40.]] The king of Arad, the Canaanite king who lived in the south of the land of Canaan, heard about the approach of the Israelites.
[[#Verse 41.]] They traveled from Mount Hor and camped in Zalmonah.
[[#Verse 42.]] They traveled from Zalmonah and camped in Punon.
[[#Verse 43.]] They traveled from Punon and camped in Oboth.
[[#Verse 44.]] They traveled from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim, on the border of Moab.
[[#Verse 45.]] They traveled from Iim and camped in Dibon Gad.
[[#Verse 46.]] They traveled from Dibon Gad and camped in Almon Diblathaim.
[[#Verse 47.]] They traveled from Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim before Nebo.
[[#Verse 48.]] They traveled from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the rift valley plains by Moab along the Jordan River across from Jericho.
[[#Verse 49.]] They camped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth as far as Abel Shittim in the rift valley plains of Moab.
[[#Verse 50.]] The Lord spoke to Moses in the rift valley plains of Moab along the Jordan, across from Jericho. He said:
[[#Verse 51.]] “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
[[#Verse 52.]] you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places.
[[#Verse 53.]] You must dispossess the inhabitants of the land and live in it, for I have given you the land to possess it.
[[#Verse 54.]] You must divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families. To a larger group you must give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you must give a smaller inheritance. Everyone’s inheritance must be in the place where his lot falls. You must inherit according to your ancestral tribes.
[[#Verse 55.]] But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those whom you allow to remain will be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your side, and will cause you trouble in the land where you will be living.
[[#Verse 56.]] And what I intended to do to them I will do to you.’”
## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary
###### Overall.
- This chapter shows just how much the nation of Israel moved around during the 40 years of wandering.
###### Verse 01.
###### Verse 02.
###### Verse 03.
###### Verse 04.
###### Verse 05.
###### Verse 06.
###### Verse 07.
###### Verse 08.
###### Verse 09.
###### Verse 10.
###### Verse 11.
###### Verse 12.
###### Verse 13.
###### Verse 14.
###### Verse 15.
###### Verse 16.
###### Verse 17.
###### Verse 18.
###### Verse 19.
###### Verse 20.
###### Verse 21.
###### Verse 22.
###### Verse 23.
###### Verse 24.
###### Verse 25.
###### Verse 26.
###### Verse 27.
###### Verse 28.
###### Verse 29.
###### Verse 30.
###### Verse 31.
###### Verse 32.
###### Verse 33.
###### Verse 34.
###### Verse 35.
###### Verse 36.
###### Verse 37.
###### Verse 38.
###### Verse 39.
###### Verse 40.
###### Verse 41.
###### Verse 42.
###### Verse 43.
###### Verse 44.
###### Verse 45.
###### Verse 46.
###### Verse 47.
###### Verse 48.
###### Verse 49.
###### Verse 50.
###### Verse 51.
###### Verse 52.
###### Verse 53.
###### Verse 54.
###### Verse 55.
###### Verse 56.
## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. Moses wrote down the stages of the journey at the Lord's command (33:2), one of the places the Torah says Moses wrote.
2. Israel left Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after Passover (33:3).
3. The Egyptians were burying their firstborn as Israel left (33:4).
4. The Lord executed judgment on Egypt's gods (33:4).
5. Elim had twelve springs and seventy palm trees (33:9).
6. Aaron died on Mount Hor at age 123 (33:39).
7. Aaron's death is dated to the first day of the fifth month in the fortieth year (33:38).
8. Jewish tradition counts forty-two stages in this list, and many teachers see in it a picture of life as a series of journeys led by God.
9. The locations of many of these stops are uncertain today.
10. Israel was commanded to destroy carved images, cast idols, and high places in Canaan (33:52).
## 🧠 Chapter Summary
> [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way.
## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the Lord who leads His people through every step of the journey. God had Moses record each stage of Israel's travels (33:2), and Jesus promises to be with us always, to the end of the age (Matthew 28:20).
## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
> [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way.
## 💬 Discussion Questions
1. God had Moses write down every stop (33:2). Why might it be valuable to remember the journey God has brought you through?
2. Israel left Egypt boldly while the Egyptians buried their firstborn (33:3-4). How does remembering God's past deliverance shape our faith?
3. God warned that leftover idolatry would become thorns in their eyes (33:55). What small compromises could grow into big problems?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- 📖 verse 2: Moses recorded their starting points at the Lord's command.
- 📖 verse 4: The Lord executed judgment on the gods of Egypt.
- 📖 verses 52-53: Drive out the inhabitants and destroy their idols, for I have given you the land.
## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference
- 🔗 [[Exodus 12#Verse 37.|Exodus 12:37]] - Israel journeys from Rameses.
- 🔗 [[Exodus 15#Verse 27.|Exodus 15:27]] - Elim with twelve springs and seventy palms.
- 🔗 [[Deuteronomy 08#Verse 02.|Deuteronomy 8:2]] - Remember the whole way the Lord led you.
- 🔗 [[Psalm 107#Verse 07.|Psalm 107:7]] - He led them by a straight way.
- 🔗 [[Matthew 28#Verse 20.|Matthew 28:20]] - I am with you always.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
> [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way.
## 📂 Internal Notes