1This is a record of the journeys made by the Israelites as they left Egypt in their tribal divisions led by Moses and Aaron.

2Moses recorded the different parts of their journey as instructed by the Lord. These are the journeys they made listed in order from where they started:

3The Israelites left Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. They set out in triumph as all the Egyptians watched.

4The Egyptians were burying all their firstborn that the Lord had killed, for the Lord had brought down his judgments on their gods.

5The Israelites left Rameses and set up camp at Succoth.

6They moved on from Succoth and set up camp at Etham, on the edge of the desert.

7They moved on from Etham, turning back towards Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and set up camp near Migdol.

8They moved on from Pi-hahiroth ⁵⁶and crossed through the middle of the sea into the desert. They traveled on for three days into the Desert of Etham and set up camp at Marah.

9They moved on from Marah and arrived at Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and set up camp there.

10They moved on from Elim and set up camp beside the Red Sea.

11They moved on from the Red Sea and set up camp in the Desert of Sin.

12They moved on from the Desert of Sin and set up camp at Dophkah.

13They moved on from Dophkah and set up camp at Alush.

14They moved on from Alush and set up camp at Rephidim. There wasn't any water there for the people to drink.

15They moved on from Rephidim and set up camp in the Sinai Desert.

16They moved on from the Sinai Desert and set up camp at Kibroth-hattaavah.

17They moved on from Kibroth-hattaavah and set up camp at Hazeroth.

18They moved on from Hazeroth and set up camp at Rithmah.

19They moved on from Rithmah and set up camp at Rimmon-perez.

20They moved on from Rimmon-perez and set up camp at Libnah.

21They moved on from Libnah and set up camp at Rissah.

22They moved on from Rissah and set up camp at Kehelathah.

23They moved on from Kehelathah and set up camp at Mount Shepher.

24They moved on from Mount Shepher and set up camp at Haradah.

25They moved on from Haradah and set up camp at Makheloth.

26They moved on from Makheloth and set up camp at Tahath.

27They moved on from Tahath and set up camp at Terah.

28They moved on from Terah and set up camp at Mithkah.

29They moved on from Mithkah and set up camp at Hashmonah.

30They moved on from Hashmonah and set up camp at Moseroth.

31They moved on from Moseroth and set up camp at Bene-jaakan.

32They moved on from Bene-jaakan and set up camp at Hor-haggidgad.

33They moved on from Hor-haggidgad and set up camp at Jotbathah.

34They moved on from Jotbathah and set up camp at Abronah.

35They moved on from Abronah and set up camp at Ezion-geber.

36They moved on from Ezion-geber and set up camp at Kadesh in the Desert of Zin.

37They moved on from Kadesh and set up camp at Mount Hor, on the edge of Edom.

38Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor as the Lord had directed, and he died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had left Egypt.

39Aaron was 123 when he died on Mount Hor.

40(The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the country of Canaan, found out that the Israelites were on their way.)

41The Israelites moved on from Mount Hor and set up camp at Zalmonah.

42They moved on from Zalmonah and set up camp at Punon.

43They moved on from Punon and set up camp at Oboth.

44They moved on from Oboth and set up camp at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.

45They moved on from Iye-abarim ⁵⁷and set up camp at Dibon-gad.

46They moved on from Dibon-gad and set up camp at Almon-diblathaim.

47They moved on from Almon-diblathaim and set up camp in the mountains of Abarim opposite Nebo.

48They moved on from the mountains of Abarim and set up camp on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan opposite Jericho.

49There on the plains of Moab they set up camp beside the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.

50This was where, on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan opposite Jericho, that the Lord told Moses,

51“Tell the Israelites, Once you cross the Jordan and enter the country of Canaan,

52you must drive out everyone living in the land, destroy all their carved images and metal idols, and tear down all their pagan temples. ⁵⁸

53You are to take over the country and settle there, because I have given you the land and it belongs to you.

54You are to divide the land and allocate it by lot to the different tribal families. Give a larger portion to a larger family, and a smaller portion to a smaller family. Each one's allocation is decided by lot, and you will all receive an allocation depending on your tribe.

55But if you don't drive out everyone living in the land, the people you allow to remain will be like grit in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will cause you trouble where you settle in the country.

56Eventually the punishment I planned for them I will inflict on you.”