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They journeyed from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

They journeyed from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, that is, Kadesh.

They journeyed from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom.

Then they journeyed from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

They journeyed from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

They journeyed from Punon and camped at Oboth.

They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, at the border of Moab.

They journeyed from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.

They journeyed from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

They journeyed from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

They journeyed from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

'But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come about that those whom you let remain of them will become as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will trouble you in the land in which you live.

"Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to live in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities.

'You shall give three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be cities of refuge.

and they said, "The LORD commanded my lord to give the land by lot to the sons of Israel as an inheritance, and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

"But if they marry one of the sons of the other tribes of the sons of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of our fathers and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; thus it will be withdrawn from our allotted inheritance.

They married those from the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained with the tribe of the family of their father.

"Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send men before us, that they may search out the land for us, and bring back to us word of the way by which we should go up and the cities which we shall enter.'

"They turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the valley of Eshcol and spied it out.

"Then they took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us; and they brought us back a report and said, 'It is a good land which the LORD our God is about to give us.'