The chapter lists forty-two stages of Israel's journey from Egypt to the plains of Moab. God tells them to drive out the inhabitants of Canaan and destroy their idols.
1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel , which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron .
2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD : and these are their journeys according to their goings out .
3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month , on the fifteenth day of the first month ; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians .
4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn , which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments .
5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses , and pitched in Succoth .
6 And they departed from Succoth , and pitched in Etham , which is in the edge of the wilderness .
7 And they removed from Etham , and turned again unto Pihahiroth , which is before Baalzephon : and they pitched before Migdol .
8 And they departed from before Pihahiroth , and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness , and went three days ' journey in the wilderness of Etham , and pitched in Marah .
9 And they removed from Marah , and came unto Elim : and in Elim were twelve fountains of water , and threescore and ten palm trees ; and they pitched there.
10 And they removed from Elim , and encamped by the Red sea .
11 And they removed from the Red sea , and encamped in the wilderness of Sin .
12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin , and encamped in Dophkah .
13 And they departed from Dophkah , and encamped in Alush .
14 And they removed from Alush , and encamped at Rephidim , where was no water for the people to drink .
15 And they departed from Rephidim , and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai .
16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai , and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah .
17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah , and encamped at Hazeroth .
18 And they departed from Hazeroth , and pitched in Rithmah .
19 And they departed from Rithmah , and pitched at Rimmonparez .
20 And they departed from Rimmonparez , and pitched in Libnah .
21 And they removed from Libnah , and pitched at Rissah .
22 And they journeyed from Rissah , and pitched in Kehelathah .
23 And they went from Kehelathah , and pitched in mount Shapher .
24 And they removed from mount Shapher , and encamped in Haradah .
25 And they removed from Haradah , and pitched in Makheloth .
26 And they removed from Makheloth , and encamped at Tahath .
27 And they departed from Tahath , and pitched at Tarah .
28 And they removed from Tarah , and pitched in Mithcah .
29 And they went from Mithcah , and pitched in Hashmonah .
30 And they departed from Hashmonah , and encamped at Moseroth .
31 And they departed from Moseroth , and pitched in Benejaakan .
32 And they removed from Benejaakan , and encamped at Horhagidgad .
33 And they went from Horhagidgad , and pitched in Jotbathah .
34 And they removed from Jotbathah , and encamped at Ebronah .
35 And they departed from Ebronah , and encamped at Eziongaber .
36 And they removed from Eziongaber , and pitched in the wilderness of Zin , which is Kadesh .
37 And they removed from Kadesh , and pitched in mount Hor , in the edge of the land of Edom .
38 And 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 were come out of the land of Egypt , in the first day of the fifth month .
39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor .
40 And king Arad the Canaanite , which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan , heard of the coming of the children of Israel .
41 And they departed from mount Hor , and pitched in Zalmonah .
42 And they departed from Zalmonah , and pitched in Punon .
43 And they departed from Punon , and pitched in Oboth .
44 And they departed from Oboth , and pitched in Ijeabarim , in the border of Moab .
45 And they departed from Iim , and pitched in Dibongad .
46 And they removed from Dibongad , and encamped in Almondiblathaim .
47 And they removed from Almondiblathaim , and pitched in the mountains of Abarim , before Nebo .
48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim , and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho .
49 And they pitched by Jordan , from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab .
50 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho , saying ,
51 Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan ;
52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures , and destroy all their molten images , and quite pluck down all their high places :
53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land , and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families : and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance , and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance : every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth ; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit .
55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes , and thorns in your sides , and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell .
56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.