Stages in Israel’s Journey
1Here are the stages in the journey of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. 2At the Lord’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey by stages:
3The Israelites set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians, 4who were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them; for the Lord had brought judgment on their gods.
5The Israelites left Rameses and camped at Sukkoth.
6They left Sukkoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the desert.
7They left Etham, turned back to Pi Hahiroth, to the east of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol.
8They left Pi Hahiroth33:8 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text left from before Hahiroth and passed through the sea into the desert, and when they had traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they camped at Marah.
9They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
10They left Elim and camped by the Red Sea.33:10 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 11
11They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.
12They left the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
13They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.
14They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
15They left Rephidim and camped in the Desert of Sinai.
16They left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.
17They left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.
18They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
19They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.
20They left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah.
21They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.
22They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.
23They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.
24They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.
25They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.
26They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
27They left Tahath and camped at Terah.
28They left Terah and camped at Mithkah.
29They left Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.
30They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.
31They left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan.
32They left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad.
33They left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.
34They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.
35They left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.
36They left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.
37They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the border of Edom. 38At the Lord’s command Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor, where he died on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. 39Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.
40The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev of Canaan, heard that the Israelites 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 Iye Abarim, on the border of Moab.
45They left Iye Abarim and camped at Dibon Gad.
46They left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim.
47They left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, near Nebo.
48They left the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. 49There on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim.
50On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho the Lord said to Moses, 51“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan, 52drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places. 53Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess. 54Distribute the land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.
55“ ‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live. 56And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.’ ”
O percurso do povo no deserto
1Este foi o itinerário da nação de Israel, desde a altura em que Moisés e Aarão os tiraram para fora do Egito. 2Moisés tinha escrito todas essas deslocações, conforme as instruções dadas pelo Senhor.
3Deixaram a cidade de Ramessés, no Egito, no dia 15 do primeiro mês, no dia a seguir à Páscoa. Partiram corajosamente e triunfantes à vista de todos os egípcios, 4que estavam entretanto a enterrar os filhos mais velhos de cada família, mortos pelo Senhor. Foi uma grande derrota para os deuses dos egípcios.
5Depois de saírem de Ramessés, ficaram em Sucote,
6depois em Etã, à beira do deserto,
7e a seguir em Pi-Hairote, perto de Baal-Zefom, onde acamparam no sopé do monte Migdol.
8Dali passaram pelo meio do mar Vermelho e caminharam por três dias no deserto de Etã, tendo acampado em Mara.
9Depois de deixarem Mara, vieram até Elim, onde há doze fontes e setenta palmeiras, tendo ali permanecido bastante tempo.
10Após terem deixado Elim vieram acampar junto do mar Vermelho, 11e depois no deserto de Sim;
12seguidamente em Dofca
13e em Alus
14e em Refidim, onde lhes faltou água.
15De Refidim foram até ao deserto de Sinai.
16A partir do deserto de Sinai foram estas as etapas que percorreram:
Quibrote-Hatava
17Hazerote
18Ritma
19Rimon-Perez
20Libna
21Rissa
22Queelata
23Sefer
24Harada
25Maquelote
26Taate
27Tera
28Mitca
29Hasmona
30Moserote
31Bene-Jaacã
32Hor-Hagidgade
33Jotbatá
34Abrona
35Eziom-Geber
36Cades no deserto de Zim
37e monte de Hor no fim da terra de Edom. 38Enquanto se encontravam junto do monte de Hor, Aarão o sacerdote foi mandado pelo Senhor subir à montanha e aí morrer. Isto ocorreu 40 anos depois do povo de Israel ter deixado o Egito. Ele morreu no primeiro dia do quinto mês do ano quarenta, 39quando tinha 123 anos de idade.
40Foi então que o rei cananeu de Arade, que vivia no Negueve, a sul de Canaã, ouviu que o povo de Israel se aproximava da sua terra.
41Depois os israelitas partiram do monte de Hor e foram acampar em Zalmona,
42e depois em Punom,
43e em Obote,
44e em Ié-Abarim, perto da fronteira de Moabe.
45Dali foram para Dibom-Gad,
46e depois para Almon-Diblataim.
47Vindo a acampar nas montanhas de Abarim, perto do monte Nebo.
48Finalmente chegaram às planícies de Moabe, nas margens do rio Jordão defronte de Jericó. 49Enquanto estiveram nessa área, acamparam em diversos sítios ao longo do Jordão, desde Bete-Jesimote até Abel-Sitim, nas planícies de Moabe.
50Foi durante o tempo que ali estiveram que o Senhor disse a Moisés para transmitir ao povo de Israel o seguinte: 51“Quando passarem para o outro lado do Jordão, para a terra de Canaã, 52deverão expulsar toda a gente que lá viver e destruir os seus ídolos, imagens feitas de pedra e de metal, assim como os santuários pagãos que têm sobre as colinas e onde adoram os seus deuses. 53Dei-vos essa terra. Tomem-na e vivam lá. 54Reparti-la-ão proporcionalmente ao tamanho das vossas tribos. As tribos maiores terão naturalmente partes maiores; as áreas mais pequenas irão para as tribos menores. 55Se se negarem a lançar fora o povo que aí vive, os que lá ficarem farão arder os vossos olhos, e serão como espinhos na vossa carne. 56E destruir-vos-ei tal como planeei destruí-los a eles.”
