Numbers 33 - Simple English

1These are the journeys of the children of Israel. They came out of the land of Egypt in their armies, led by Moses and Aaron.

2Moses wrote down the places they set out from, stage by stage, as the LORD commanded. These are their journeys, listed by the places they set out from.

3They left Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover the children of Israel went out boldly, in full view of all the Egyptians.

4The Egyptians were burying all their firstborn sons, whom the LORD had struck down among them. The LORD had also carried out judgments on their gods.

5The children of Israel set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.

6They left Succoth and camped at Etham, which is at the edge of the wilderness.

7They set out from Etham and turned back to Pihahiroth, which is in front of Baalzephon. They camped in front of Migdol.

8They left Pihahiroth and passed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They travelled three days in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

9They set out from Marah and came to Elim. At Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

10They set out from Elim and camped by the Red sea.

11They set out from the Red sea and camped in the wilderness of Sin.

12They set out from the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

13They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.

14They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

15They left Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai.

16They set out from the desert of Sinai and camped at Kibrothhattaavah.

17They left Kibrothhattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

18They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

19They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmonparez.

20They left Rimmonparez and camped at Libnah.

21They set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

22They journeyed from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

23They went from Kehelathah and camped at mount Shapher.

24They set out from mount Shapher and camped at Haradah.

25They set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

26They set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

27They left Tahath and camped at Tarah.

28They set out from Tarah and camped at Mithcah.

29They went from Mithcah and camped at Hashmonah.

30They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

31They left Moseroth and camped at Benejaakan.

32They set out from Benejaakan and camped at Horhagidgad.

33They went from Horhagidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

34They set out from Jotbathah and camped at Ebronah.

35They left Ebronah and camped at Eziongaber.

36They set out from Eziongaber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

37They set out from Kadesh and camped at mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom.

38Aaron the priest went up mount Hor at the command of the LORD, and he died there. This was in the fortieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month.

39Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on mount Hor.

40King Arad the Canaanite, who lived in the south of the land of Canaan, heard that the children of Israel were coming.

41They left mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

42They left Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

43They left Punon and camped at Oboth.

44They left Oboth and camped at Ijeabarim, on the border of Moab.

45They left Iim and camped at Dibongad.

46They set out from Dibongad and camped at Almondiblathaim.

47They set out from Almondiblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, in front of Nebo.

48They left the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, near Jericho.

49They camped by the Jordan, from Bethjesimoth as far as Abelshittim, in the plains of Moab.

50The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, near Jericho. He said,

51"Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,"

52then you must drive out all the people who live in the land ahead of you. Destroy all their carved figures, and destroy all their metal images, and pull down all their high places.

53You shall take the land from those who live there and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess it.

54You shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group give a smaller inheritance. Each man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falls. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.

55But if you will not drive out the people of the land ahead of you, then those you let stay will become sharp points in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will trouble you in the land where you live.

56"And what is more, I will do to you what I planned to do to them.'"