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- Chapter 33 -

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These are the lodging places of the sons of Israel, who departed from Egypt by their companies under the hand of Moses and Aaron,(a)
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which Moses wrote down according to the places of the encampments, which they changed upon the order of the Lord.
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Thus the sons of Israel set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, with an exalted hand, being seen by all the Egyptians.
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And these were burying their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down (for so, too, did he carry out retribution against their gods).
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And they made camp at Soccoth.
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And from Soccoth they went to Etham, which is at the furthest limits of the wilderness.
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Departing from there, they arrived opposite Pi-hahiroth, which looks out toward Baal-zephon, and they were encamped before Migdol.
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And setting out from Pi-hahiroth, they crossed through the middle of the Sea into the wilderness. And having walked for three days through the desert of Etham, they made camp at Marah.
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And setting out from Marah, they arrived at Elim, where there were twelve fountains of water and seventy palm trees. And they set up camp there.
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But departing from there also, they fixed their tents above the Red Sea. And setting out from the Red Sea,
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they were encamped in the desert of Sin.
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Departing from there, they went to Dophkah.
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And setting out from Dophkah, they made camp at Alush.
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And departing from Alush, they fixed their tents at Rephidim, where the people lacked water to drink.
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And setting out from Rephidim, they camped in the desert of Sinai.
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But departing also from the wilderness of the Sinai, they arrived at the Graves of Lust.
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And setting out from the Graves of Lust, they were encamped at Hazeroth.
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And from Hazeroth, they went to Rithmah.
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And setting out from Rithmah, they made camp at Rimmon-perez.
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And departing from there, they arrived at Libnah.
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From Libnah, they made camp at Rissah.
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And departing from Rissah, they went to Kehelathah.
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Setting out from there, they were encamped at mount Shepher.
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Departing from mount Shepher, they went to Haradah.
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Continuing on from there, they made camp at Makheloth.
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And setting out from Makheloth, they went to Tahath.
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From Tahath, they made camp at Terah.
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Departing from there, they pitched their tents at Mithkah.
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And from Mithkah, they were encamped at Hashmonah.
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And setting out from Hashmonah, they went to Moseroth.
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And from Moseroth, they made camp at Bene-jaakan.
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And setting out from Bene-jaakan, they went to mount Gidgad.
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Setting out from there, they were encamped at Jotbathah.
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And from Jotbathah, they went to Abronah.
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And departing from Abronah, they made camp at Eziongeber.
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Setting out from there, they went into the desert of Sin, which is Kadesh.
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And departing from Kadesh, they encamped at mount Hor, at the furthermost limits of the land of Edom.
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And Aaron the priest ascended onto mount Hor, by the order of the Lord. And there he died, in the fortieth year of the departure of the sons of Israel from Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month,
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when he was one hundred twenty-three years old.
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And king Arad the Canaanite, who lived toward the south, heard that the sons of Israel had arrived in the land of Canaan.
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And setting out from mount Hor, they made camp at Zalmonah.
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Departing from there, they went to Punon.
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And setting out from Punon, they were encamped at Oboth.
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And from Oboth, they went to Iye-abarim, which is at the borders of the Moabites.
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And setting out from Iye-abarim, they fixed their tents at Dibon-gad.
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Departing from there, they made camp at Almon-diblathaim.
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And departing from Almon-diblathaim, they went to the mountains of Abarim, opposite Nebo.
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And setting out from the mountains of Abarim, they crossed over to the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho.
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And they made camp there, from Beth-jeshimoth all the way to Abel-shittim, in the level places of the Moabites,

Instructions for Occupying Canaan

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where the Lord said to Moses:
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“Instruct the sons of Israel, and say to them: When you will have crossed over the Jordan, entering into the land of Canaan,
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destroy all the inhabitants of that land. Break their monuments, and shatter their statues, and lay waste to every exalted thing,
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cleansing the land and living in it. For I have given it you as a possession,
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which you shall divide among you by lot. To the greater number you shall give more, and to the lesser number, less. To each one, just as the lot shall fall, so shall the inheritance be distributed. The possession shall be divided by the tribes and families.
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But if you are not willing to put to death the inhabitants of the land, those who remain shall be to you like spikes in your eyes and lances in your sides, and they shall be adversaries to you in the land of your habitation.
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And whatever I had decided to do to them, I will do to you.”

Footnotes

(a)33:1 The mansions:These mansions, or journeys of the children of Israel from Egypt to the land of promise, were figures, according to the fathers, of the steps and degrees by which Christians leaving sin are to advance from virtue to virtue, till they come to the heavenly mansions, after this life, to see and enjoy God.(Challoner)
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These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
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Moses wrote the starting points of their journeys by the commandment of the LORD. These are their journeys according to their starting points.
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They traveled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover, the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians,
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while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck among them. The LORD also executed judgments on their gods.
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The children of Israel traveled from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.
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They traveled from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
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They traveled from Etham, and turned back to Pihahiroth, which is before Baal Zephon, and they encamped before Migdol.
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They traveled from before Hahiroth, and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.
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They traveled from Marah, and came to Elim. In Elim, there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there.
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They traveled from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea.
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They traveled from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
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They traveled from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
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They traveled from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
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They traveled from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
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They traveled from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai.
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They traveled from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth Hattaavah.
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They traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth.
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They traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah.
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They traveled from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon Perez.
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They traveled from Rimmon Perez, and encamped in Libnah.
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They traveled from Libnah, and encamped in Rissah.
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They traveled from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah.
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They traveled from Kehelathah, and encamped in Mount Shepher.
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They traveled from Mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah.
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They traveled from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth.
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They traveled from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath.
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They traveled from Tahath, and encamped in Terah.
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They traveled from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah.
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They traveled from Mithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah.
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They traveled from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth.
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They traveled from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene Jaakan.
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They traveled from Bene Jaakan, and encamped in Hor Haggidgad.
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They traveled from Hor Haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah.
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They traveled from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah.
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They traveled from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion Geber.
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They traveled from Ezion Geber, and encamped at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
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They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
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Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
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Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died in Mount Hor.
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The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
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They traveled from Mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.
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They traveled from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon.
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They traveled from Punon, and encamped in Oboth.
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They traveled from Oboth, and encamped in Iye Abarim, in the border of Moab.
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They traveled from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon Gad.
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They traveled from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim.
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They traveled from Almon Diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
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They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
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They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab.

Instructions for Occupying Canaan

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The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
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Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, “When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
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then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their stone idols, destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places.
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You shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given the land to you to possess it.
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You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the larger groups you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.
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“But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them will be like pricks in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will harass you in the land in which you dwell.
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It shall happen that as I thought to do to them, so I will do to you.”
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