The Israelis' journey from Egypt to Moab
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1 Here is a list of the places where we Israelis went as Aaron and I led them after we all left Egypt. 2 Yahweh commanded me to write down the names of the places where we went.3 On the fifteenth day of the first month of the year, the day after we celebrated the Passover Festival, we left the city of Rameses in Egypt and marched boldly while the Egyptian army was coming behind us. 4 As we left, the people of Egypt were still burying the bodies of their firstborn sons. By killing them, Yahweh showed that the gods that the people of Egypt worshiped were false gods.
5 After leaving Rameses, we first went to Succoth and set up our tents there.
6 Then we left Succoth and went to Etham, at the edge of the desert, and set up our tents there.
7 Then we left Etham and returned to Pi-Hahiroth, to the east of Baal-Zephon, and set up our tents near Migdol.
8 Then we left Pi-Hahiroth and walked through the Red Sea into the Etham Desert, and set up our tents at Marah.
9 Then we left Marah and went to Elim. There were twelve springs and seventy palm trees there. We set up our tents there.
10 Then we left Elim and went to the area near the Red Sea and set up our tents there.
11 Then we left the Red Sea area and went to the area near the Sin Desert and set up our tents there.
12 Then we left the Sin Desert and went to Dophkah and set up our tents there.
13 Then we left Dophkah and went to Alush and set up our tents there.
14 Then we left Alush and went and set up our tents at Rephidim, where we had no water to drink.
15 Then we left Rephidim and went to the Sinai Desert and set up our tents there.
16 Then we left the Sinai Desert and went to Kibroth-Hattaavah and set up our tents there.
17 Then we left Kibroth-Hattaavah and went to Hazeroth and set up our tents there.
18 Then we left Hazeroth and went to Rithmah and set up our tents there.
19 Then we left Rithmah and went to Rimmon-Perez and set up our tents there.
20 Then we left Rimmon-Perez and went to Libnah and set up our tents there.
21 Then we left Libnah and went to Rissah and set up our tents there.
22 Then we left Rissah and set up our tents at Kehelathah.
23 Then we left Kehelathah and went to Mount Shepher and set up our tents there.
24 Then we left Shepher and went to Mount Haradah and set up our tents there.
25 Then we left Haradah and went to Makheloth and set up our tents there.
26 Then we left Makheloth and went to Tahath and set up our tents there.
27 Then we left Tahath and went to Terah and set up our tents there.
28 Then we left Terah and went to Mithcah and set up our tents there.
29 Then we left Mithcah and went to Hashmonah and set up our tents there.
30 Then we left Hashmonah and went to Moseroth and set up our tents there.
31 Then we left Moseroth and went to Bene-Jaakan and set up our tents there.
32 Then we left Bene-Jaakan and went to Hor-Haggidgad and set up our tents there.
33 Then we left Hor-Haggidgad and went to Jotbathah and set up our tents there.
34 Then we left Jotbathah and went to Abronah and set up our tents there.
35 Then we left Abronah and went to Ezion-Geber and set up our tents there.
36 Then we left Ezion-Geber and went to Zin Desert and set up our tents at Kadesh there.
37 Then we left Kadesh and went to Hor Mountain, at the border of Edom land and set up our tents there. 38 Aaron, the priest, obeyed Yahweh and climbed up the mountain. There he died, on the first day of our fifth month, forty years after we Israelis left Egypt. 39 Aaron was 123 years old when he died.
40 (That was when the king of the city of Arad heard that we Israelis were coming. Arad was in the southern part of Canaan, where the Canaan people-group lived.)
41 We Israelis left Hor Mountain and went to Zalmonah and set up our tents there.
42 Then we left Zalmonah and went to Punon and set up our tents there.
43 Then we left Punon and went to Oboth and set up our tents there.
44 Then we left Oboth and went to Iye-Abarim, which was on the border of the Moab region, and set up our tents there.
45 Then we left Iye-Abarim and went to Dibon-Gad and set up our tents there.
46 Then we left Dibon-Gad and set up our tents at Almon-Diblathaim.
47 Then we left Almon-Diblathaim and went to the Abarim Mountains, near Nebo, and set up our tents there.
48 Then we left the Abarim Mountains and went to the plains of the Moab region, near the Jordan River, across from Jericho. 49 We set up our tents there; our tents stretched for several miles from Beth-Jeshimoth to Acacia.
50 While we were there on the plains of the Moab region near the Jordan River, across from Jericho, Yahweh spoke to me. He said, 51 “Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘When you cross the Jordan River and enter the Canaan region, 52 you must force all the people who live there to leave. Destroy all their carved statues and all their idols made of metal. Wreck all the places where they worship their idols. 53 Take their land from them and start to live there, because I have given their land to you for you to own.
54 Divide up the land by throwing small marked stones to decide which group will get which area. Give the larger areas to the groups that have more people, and give the smaller areas to the groups that have fewer people. Each tribe will receive its own land. 55 If you do not force the people who live there to leave, they will cause you to have much trouble. They will be like sharp hooks in your eyes, and like thorns in your sides. And they will bring trouble to you, in that land where you will be living. 56 And then I will punish you, as I had planned to punish them.’ ”