Israel’s Journey Part-3

​Israel’s Journey Part-3

The Israelites continued to follow the route, which was set by the Lord, as they marched out of Egypt, under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. 

They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the border of Edom. 

While they were at the foot of Mount Hor, Aaron the priest was directed, by the Lord, to go up the mountain, and there he died. 

This happened in midsummer, on the first day of the fifth month, of the fortieth year, after Israel’s departure from Egypt. 

Aaron was 123 years old, when he died, there on Mount Hor. 

At that time, the Canaanite king, of Arad, who lived in the Negev, in the land of Canaan, heard that the people of Israel were approaching his land. 

Meanwhile, the Israelites left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. 

Then, they left Zalmonah and camped at Punon. 

They left Punon and camped at Oboth. 

They left Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, on the border of Moab. 

They left Iye-abarim and camped at Dibon-gad. 

They left Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim. 

They left Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains, east of the river, near Mount Nebo. 

They left the mountains east of the river …and camped on the plains of Moab, beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho. 

Along the Jordan River, they camped from Beth-jeshimoth, as far as the meadows of Acacia, on the plains of Moab. 

While they were camped near the Jordan River, on the plains of Moab, opposite Jericho, the Lord said to Moses, 

“Give the following instructions, to the people of Israel: 

When you cross the Jordan River, into the land of Canaan, you must drive out all the people, who are living there. 

You must destroy all their carved and molten images …and demolish all their pagan shrines. 

Take possession of the land …and settle in it, because I have given it to you, to occupy. 

You must distribute the land, among the clans, by sacred lot …and in proportion, to their size. 

A larger portion of land will be allotted to each of the larger clans, and a smaller portion will be allotted to each of the smaller clans. 

The decision, of the sacred lot, is final. 

In this way, the portions of land will be divided among your ancestral tribes. But if you fail to drive out the people, who live in the land, those who remain will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. 

They will harass you in the land, where you live. 

And I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.” 

Numbers 33:37–56 (NLT)

Praise be to God!


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