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List of the most important camps of Israel on the way from Rameses to Jordan. - Command for the expulsion of the Canaanite inhabitants and the destruction of their idols. This chapter lists 42 camps, which, of course, is far from corresponding to the number of all stops that took place during the long period of forty years of desert wandering of the Jews. It is possible to assume that only points of long stops were noted, with the collection and installation of the tabernacle, moreover, stops that left some trace in the life and religious consciousness of those traveling. Make an accurate geographical determination of those 42 camps that are marked by the book. Number 33 is impossible due to lack of necessary data. It is possible to note only the main direction of movement of the Jews from Raamses to the Jordan. From Raamses the Jews moved east towards the northern tip of the Gulf of Suez. There were stops here: Succoth, Etham, Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzeeron, and Migdol. Within the northern tip of the Gulf of Suez, the miraculous crossing of the Red Sea by the Jews took place. Upon leaving the sea, the Israelis moved along the western shore of the Sinai Peninsula (the deserts of Etham, Sur, Sin) to the south, to the Sinai mountains. There were stops here: Marra, Elim, a camp by the sea, a camp in the desert, Zin, Dophka, Alusha, Rephidim, Sinai. From Sinai, the Jews moved northeast (Paran desert), to the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba (Ezion-Geber), from here to the north, to the southern borders of Canaan (Kadesh). There were stops here: Tavera-Kibrot-Gattaava, Asiroth, Rhymma, Rimnon-Perez, Libna, Rissa, Kegelatha, Shafer, Harada, Makeloth, Tahaf, Tarah, Mifka, Hashmona, Moseroth, Bene-Jaakan, Hor-Hagidgad, Yotvath, Avron, Ezion-geber, Kadesh in the desert of Zin. At the end of the 38-year wandering (as punishment for grumbling), the Jews arrived again in Kadesh. From here they go east and then north, bypassing Idumea and Moab: the kingdoms of Sihon of the Amorites and Og of Bashan pass victoriously; descend back to the south and concentrate in the Moabite plains near the Jordan, opposite Jericho. There were stops here: a camp at Mount Or, Salmon, Punon, Ovoth, Iim-Avarim, Divon-Gad, Almon-Divlathaim, a camp at Mount Nebo, a camp on the plains of Moab near the Jordan, opposite Jericho, ranging from Beth-Jeshimoth to Ave-Shittim ((Num. 21.1 - Num. 22.1) after the camp Iim-Abarim are mentioned as follows: in the valley of Zared, at the stream Arnon, at the well of Beer, Matanna, Nagaliel, Vamoth, Ai at Pisgah, the Amorites, Bashan, the plains of Moab at the Jordan, opposite Jericho). Numbers 33:50. И сказал Го­с­по­дь Мо­исею на равнинах Моавитских у Иордана, про­тив Иерихона, говоря: Numbers 33:51. speak to the children of Israel and say to them, “When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, Numbers 33:52. then drive away from you all the inhabitants of the earth and destroy all their images, and destroy all their cast idols and destroy all their high places; Wed. Numbers 33:55–56. Given Israel's marked inclination toward sensualism in religion and its ardent temperament and responsiveness to sensual pleasures, the proximity of the pagan Canaanites with their cult in honor of Baal-Astarte should not be desirable for the chosen people. Numbers 33:53. and take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given this land to you to possess; Numbers 33:54. and divide the land by lot into inheritances for your tribes: to those who are numerous give more inheritance, and to those who are small give less inheritance; Wherever the lot comes out, there will be his inheritance; According to the tribes of your fathers, take inheritance for yourself; You might be interested in: