Study Desk

They brought the prisoners, animals, and spoils of war to Moses, the priest Eleazar, and the Israelite community at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

All the gold of the contribution they offered to the Lord, from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, was 420 pounds.

The Reubenites and Gadites had a very large number of livestock. When they surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, they saw that the region was a good one for livestock.

After they went up as far as Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the Lord had given them.

‘Because they did not remain loyal to me, none of the men twenty years old or more who came up from Egypt will see the land I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—

none except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, because they did remain loyal to the Lord.’

Then they approached him and said, “We want to build sheep pens here for our livestock and cities for our dependents.

as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.

So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled in it.

These were the stages of the Israelites’ journey when they went out of the land of Egypt by their military divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

They traveled from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

They traveled from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.

They traveled from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They took a three-day journey into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

They traveled from Marah and came to Elim. There were twelve springs and seventy date palms at Elim, so they camped there.

They traveled from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

They traveled from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin.

They traveled from the Wilderness of Sin and camped in Dophkah.

They traveled from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

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

They traveled from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.