1These are the stages of the journey of the people of Israel when they left Egypt in military formation, led by Moses and Aaron.
2Moses wrote down the stages of their journey as they moved from one place to another, according to Yahweh’s command. These are the stages of their journey.
3They left Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. The day after the Passover, the people of Israel marched out confidently in plain sight of all the Egyptians,
4while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom Yahweh had struck down among them. Yahweh also carried out his judgment against their gods.
5The people of Israel traveled from Rameses and set up camp in Succoth.
6They traveled from Succoth and set up camp in Etham, which is at the edge of the wilderness.
7They traveled from Etham and turned back to Pihahiroth, which is in front of Baal Zephon. They set up camp in front of Migdol.
8They traveled from Pihahiroth and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They traveled for three days in the wilderness of Etham and set up camp in Marah.
9They traveled from Marah and came to Elim. In Elim, there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, so they set up camp there.
10They traveled from Elim and set up camp by the Red Sea.
11They traveled from the Red Sea and set up camp in the wilderness of Sin.
12They traveled from the wilderness of Sin and set up camp in Dophkah.
13They traveled from Dophkah and set up camp in Alush.
14They traveled from Alush and set up camp in Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
15They traveled from Rephidim and set up camp in the wilderness of Sinai.
16They traveled from the wilderness of Sinai and set up camp in Kibroth Hattaavah.
17They traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah and set up camp in Hazeroth.
18They traveled from Hazeroth and set up camp in Rithmah.
19They traveled from Rithmah and set up camp in Rimmon Perez.
20They traveled from Rimmon Perez and set up camp in Libnah.
21They traveled from Libnah and set up camp in Rissah.
22They traveled from Rissah and set up camp in Kehelathah.
23They traveled from Kehelathah and set up camp in Mount Shepher.
24They traveled from Mount Shepher and set up camp in Haradah.
25They traveled from Haradah and set up camp in Makheloth.
26They traveled from Makheloth and set up camp in Tahath.
27They traveled from Tahath and set up camp in Terah.
28They traveled from Terah and set up camp in Mithkah.
29They traveled from Mithkah and set up camp in Hashmonah.
30They traveled from Hashmonah and set up camp in Moseroth.
31They traveled from Moseroth and set up camp in Bene Jaakan.
32They traveled from Bene Jaakan and set up camp in Hor Haggidgad.
33They traveled from Hor Haggidgad and set up camp in Jotbathah.
34They traveled from Jotbathah and set up camp in Abronah.
35They traveled from Abronah and set up camp in Ezion Geber.
36They traveled from Ezion Geber and set up camp at Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin.
37They traveled from Kadesh and set up camp on Mount Hor, at the border of the land of Edom.
38Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor as Yahweh commanded and died there. This was in the fortieth year after the people of Israel had left Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month.
39Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.
40The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the South in the land of Canaan, heard that the people of Israel were coming.
41They traveled from Mount Hor and set up camp in Zalmonah.
42They traveled from Zalmonah and set up camp in Punon.
43They traveled from Punon and set up camp in Oboth.
44They traveled from Oboth and set up camp in Iye Abarim, on the border of Moab.
45They traveled from Iyim and set up camp in Dibon Gad.
46They traveled from Dibon Gad and set up camp in Almon Diblathaim.
47They traveled from Almon Diblathaim and set up camp in the mountains of Abarim, facing Nebo.
48They traveled from the mountains of Abarim and set up camp in the plains of Moab by the Jordan River, near Jericho.
49They set up camp by the Jordan River, from Beth Jeshimoth all the way to Abel Shittim, in the plains of Moab.
50Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan River, near Jericho, saying,
51“Speak to the people of Israel and tell them: ‘When you cross the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,
52you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you. You must destroy all their stone idols, destroy all their metal images, and tear down all their places of worship.
53You are to take possession of the land and live in it, because I have given you the land to own.
54You will inherit the land by drawing lots, according to your families. You will give a larger inheritance to the larger families and a smaller inheritance to the smaller families. Wherever the lot falls for someone, that will be his. You will inherit according to your ancestral tribes.
55But if you do not drive out the people who live in the land, then those you allow to remain will be like sharp objects in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will cause you trouble in the land where you live.
56Then I will do to you exactly what I had planned to do to them.”