Journey of Israel Through The Desert

217 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

159 sections

A Mixed Multitude Accompanied Them In
Across the Arnon
Across the Brook Zered
Across the Brook Zered: Order to Pass Through Ar
Across the Brook Zered: Orders Given Respecting Ammon
Across the River Jordan
Between Baalzephon and Pihahiroth
Between Baalzephon and Pihahiroth: Exhorted to Look to God
Between Baalzephon and Pihahiroth: Overtaken by Pharaoh
Between Baalzephon and Pihahiroth: Red Sea Divided
Between Baalzephon and Pihahiroth: The Cloud Removed to the Rear
Caused Universal Terror and Dismay
Circumcision Omitted During
Commenced from Rameses in Egypt
Commenced in Haste
Conducted with Regularity
Constant Goodness and Mercy of God to Them During
Continued Forty Years: As a Punishment
Continued Forty Years: To Prove and Humble Them
Continued Forty Years: To Teach Them to Live on God's Word
Date of Its Commencement
Difficulty and Danger of
Illustrative of the Pilgrimage of the Church
Justice Administered During
Marked by Constant Murmurings and Rebellions
Obstructed by the Surrounding Nations
Order of Encamping During
Order of Marching During
Return to the Plains of Moab
Return to the Plains of Moab: Appointment of Joshua
Return to the Plains of Moab: Balaam not Permitted to Curse Israel
Return to the Plains of Moab: Balak Sends for Balaam
Return to the Plains of Moab: Israel Punished
Return to the Plains of Moab: Joshua Ordered to Cross Jordan
Return to the Plains of Moab: Midianites Destroyed and Balaam Slain
Return to the Plains of Moab: Moses Beholds Canaan
Return to the Plains of Moab: Moses Dies and is Buried
Return to the Plains of Moab: The Law of Female Inheritance Settled
Return to the Plains of Moab: The Law Rehearsed
Return to the Plains of Moab: The Law Written by Moses
Return to the Plains of Moab: Third Numbering
Return to the Plains of Moab: Two Spies Sent to Jericho
Returned by the Way to the Red Sea
Returned by the Way to the Red Sea: God's Choice of Aaron Confirmed
Returned by the Way to the Red Sea: Korah Punished
Returned by the Way to the Red Sea: Plague Sent
Returned by the Way to the Red Sea: Plague Stayed
Returned by the Way to the Red Sea: Rebellion of Korah
Returned by the Way to the Red Sea: Sabbath Breaker Stoned
Several of These Stations Probably Revisited
Territory Acquired During
Their Clothing Preserved During
Their Healthy State Commencing
Their Number Commencing
Through the Red Sea
Through the Red Sea: Faith Exhibited in Passing
Through the Red Sea: Israel's Song of Praise
Through the Red Sea: Pharaoh and his Host Destroyed
Through the Wilderness of Shur or Etham
Through the Wilderness of Sin
Through the Wilderness of Sin: Manna Sent
Through the Wilderness of Sin: Murmuring for Bread
Through the Wilderness of Sin: Quails Given for One Night
To Almondiblathaim
To Alush
To Bamoth
To Beer or the Well
To Bene-Jaakan
To Dophkah
To Ebronah
To Elim
To Etham
To Eziongaber
To Haradah
To Hashmonah
To Hazeroth
To Hazeroth: Aaron and Miriam Envy Moses
To Hazeroth: Delayed Seven Day for Miriam
To Hazeroth: Miriam Punished by Leprosy
To Horhagidgad or Gudgodah
To Ijeabarim Before Moab
To Ijeabarim Before Moab: Orders Given Respecting Moab
To Jotbathah or Land of Rivers
To Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin
To Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin: Miriam Dies and is Buried
To Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin: Moses and Aaron Punished
To Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin: Orders Given Respecting Edom
To Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin: Second Murmuring for Water
To Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin: The King of Edom Refuses a Passage
To Kadeshbarnea in Wilderness of Rithmah or Paran
To Kadeshbarnea in Wilderness of Rithmah or Paran: Spies Sent
To Kehelathah
To Kibrothhattaavah
To Kibrothhattaavah: Called Taberah
To Kibrothhattaavah: Complaining Punished by Fire
To Kibrothhattaavah: Flesh Promised
To Kibrothhattaavah: Quails Sent for a Month
To Kibrothhattaavah: Seventy Elders Appointed to Assist Moses
To Kibrothhattaavah: Their Murmuring Punished
To Kibrothhattaavah: Why Called Kibrothhattaavah
To Libnah or Laban
To Makheloth
To Marah
To Marah: Murmuring of the People on Account of Bitter Water
To Marah: Water Sweetened
To Mattanah
To Mithcah
To Moseroth or Mosera
To Mount Hor
To Mount Hor: Aaron Dies
To Mount Hor: Arad Conquered
To Mount Hor: Called Hormah
To Mount Shapher
To Mount Sinai
To Mount Sinai: Aaron and his Sons Selected for Priesthood
To Mount Sinai: Covenant Made
To Mount Sinai: God's Glory Shown to Moses
To Mount Sinai: Golden Calf Made
To Mount Sinai: Jethro's Visit
To Mount Sinai: Judges Appointed
To Mount Sinai: Levites Set Apart
To Mount Sinai: Moral Law Given
To Mount Sinai: Moral Law Written on Tables
To Mount Sinai: Nadab and Abihu Destroyed for offering Strange Fire
To Mount Sinai: Order for Making the Tabernacle
To Mount Sinai: Passover First Commemorated
To Mount Sinai: People Punished for Idolatry
To Mount Sinai: Second Numbering of the People
To Mount Sinai: Tabernacle First Set Up
To Mount Sinai: Tables of Testimony Broken
To Mount Sinai: The Tables of Testimony Renewed
To Mount Sinai: Tribe of Levi Taken Instead of the First-Born
To Nahaliel
To Oboth
To Punon
To Rephidim
To Rephidim: Amalek Opposes Israel
To Rephidim: Amalek Overcome
To Rephidim: Called Massah and Meribah
To Rephidim: Murmuring for Water
To Rephidim: Water Brought from the Rock
To Rimmonparez
To Rissah
To Succoth
To Tahath
To Tarah
To the Mountains of Abarim
To the Mountains of Abarim: Og Conquered
To the Mountains of Abarim: Sihon Conquered
To the Mountains of Abarim: The Amorites Refuse a Passage to Israel
To Zalmonah
To Zalmonah: Brazen Serpent Raised Up
To Zalmonah: Fiery Serpents Sent
To Zalmonah: Murmuring of the People
To Zared or Dibon-Gad
Under God's Guidance
Under God's Protection
Under Moses As Leader
Worship of God Celebrated During

A Mixed Multitude Accompanied Them In

Exodus 12:38 And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
Numbers 11:4 Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?

Across the Arnon

Numbers 21:13–15 From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites. …
Deuteronomy 2:24 “Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.

Across the Brook Zered

Deuteronomy 2:13 “Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.

Across the Brook Zered: Order to Pass Through Ar

Deuteronomy 2:18 “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

Across the Brook Zered: Orders Given Respecting Ammon

Deuteronomy 2:19 But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

Across the River Jordan

Joshua 4:10 Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until the people had completed everything the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell them, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried across,

Between Baalzephon and Pihahiroth

Exodus 14:2 “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
Numbers 33:7 They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.

Between Baalzephon and Pihahiroth: Exhorted to Look to God

Exodus 14:13–14 But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again. …

Between Baalzephon and Pihahiroth: Overtaken by Pharaoh

Exodus 14:9 The Egyptians— all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops— pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.

Between Baalzephon and Pihahiroth: Red Sea Divided

Exodus 14:16 And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
Exodus 14:21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

Between Baalzephon and Pihahiroth: The Cloud Removed to the Rear

Exodus 14:19–20 And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them, …

Caused Universal Terror and Dismay

Exodus 15:14–16 The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia. …
Numbers 22:3–4 and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites. …

Circumcision Omitted During

Joshua 5:5 Though all who had come out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had been circumcised.

Commenced from Rameses in Egypt

Exodus 12:37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.

Commenced in Haste

Exodus 12:39 Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.

Conducted with Regularity

Exodus 13:18 So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.

Constant Goodness and Mercy of God to Them During

Psalm 106:10 He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Psalm 106:43–46 Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity. …
Psalm 107:6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
Psalm 107:13 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

Continued Forty Years: As a Punishment

Numbers 14:33–34 Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness. …

Continued Forty Years: To Prove and Humble Them

Deuteronomy 8:2 Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

Continued Forty Years: To Teach Them to Live on God's Word

Deuteronomy 8:3 He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

Date of Its Commencement

Exodus 12:41–42 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt. …

Difficulty and Danger of

Deuteronomy 8:15 He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.

Illustrative of the Pilgrimage of the Church

Song of Solomon 8:5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
1 Peter 1:17 Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.

Justice Administered During

Exodus 18:13 The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening.
Exodus 18:26 And they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but any minor issue they would judge themselves.

Marked by Constant Murmurings and Rebellions

Psalm 78:40 How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
Psalm 95:10 For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”
Psalm 106:7–39 Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea. …

Obstructed by the Surrounding Nations

Exodus 17:8 After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
Numbers 20:21 So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.

Order of Encamping During

Numbers 2:1–34 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron: …

Order of Marching During

Numbers 10:14–29 First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command. …

Return to the Plains of Moab

Numbers 22:1 Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
Numbers 33:48–49 They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. …

Return to the Plains of Moab: Appointment of Joshua

Numbers 27:15–23 So Moses appealed to the LORD, …

Return to the Plains of Moab: Balaam not Permitted to Curse Israel

Numbers 22:9–41 Then God came to Balaam and asked, “Who are these men with you?” …
Numbers 23:1 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”

Return to the Plains of Moab: Balak Sends for Balaam

Numbers 22:5–6 he sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me. …
Numbers 22:15–17 Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first messengers. …

Return to the Plains of Moab: Israel Punished

Numbers 25:5 So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”
Numbers 25:9 but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.

Return to the Plains of Moab: Joshua Ordered to Cross Jordan

Joshua 1:2 “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore arise, you and all these people, and cross over the Jordan into the land that I am giving to the children of Israel.

Return to the Plains of Moab: Midianites Destroyed and Balaam Slain

Numbers 31:1–54 And the LORD said to Moses, …
Numbers 25:17–18 “Attack the Midianites and strike them dead. …

Return to the Plains of Moab: Moses Beholds Canaan

Deuteronomy 34:1–4 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land — from Gilead as far as Dan, …

Return to the Plains of Moab: Moses Dies and is Buried

Deuteronomy 34:5–6 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said. …

Return to the Plains of Moab: The Law of Female Inheritance Settled

Numbers 27:1–11 Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and …
Numbers 36:1–9 Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them, …

Return to the Plains of Moab: The Law Rehearsed

Deuteronomy 1:3 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.

Return to the Plains of Moab: The Law Written by Moses

Deuteronomy 31:9 So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

Return to the Plains of Moab: Third Numbering

Numbers 26:1–62 After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, …

Return to the Plains of Moab: Two Spies Sent to Jericho

Joshua 2:1 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

Returned by the Way to the Red Sea

Numbers 14:25 Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
Deuteronomy 1:40 But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
Deuteronomy 2:1 Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.

Returned by the Way to the Red Sea: God's Choice of Aaron Confirmed

Numbers 17:1–13 And the LORD said to Moses, …

Returned by the Way to the Red Sea: Korah Punished

Numbers 16:30–35 But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD …

Returned by the Way to the Red Sea: Plague Sent

Numbers 16:41–46 The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!” …

Returned by the Way to the Red Sea: Plague Stayed

Numbers 16:47–50 So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people. …

Returned by the Way to the Red Sea: Rebellion of Korah

Numbers 16:1–19 Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites — Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth — conducted …

Returned by the Way to the Red Sea: Sabbath Breaker Stoned

Numbers 15:32–36 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. …

Several of These Stations Probably Revisited

Deuteronomy 10:6–7 The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest. …
Numbers 33:30–32 They set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth. …

Territory Acquired During

Deuteronomy 29:7–8 When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them. …

Their Clothing Preserved During

Deuteronomy 8:4 Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
Deuteronomy 29:5 For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
Nehemiah 9:21 For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

Their Healthy State Commencing

Psalm 105:37 He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.

Their Number Commencing

Exodus 12:37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.

Through the Red Sea

Exodus 14:22 and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
Exodus 14:29 But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

Through the Red Sea: Faith Exhibited in Passing

Hebrews 11:29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

Through the Red Sea: Israel's Song of Praise

Exodus 15:1–21 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea. …
Psalm 106:12 Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

Through the Red Sea: Pharaoh and his Host Destroyed

Exodus 14:23–28 And the Egyptians chased after them— all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen— and followed them into the sea. …
Psalm 106:11 The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.

Through the Wilderness of Shur or Etham

Exodus 15:22 Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
Numbers 33:8 They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

Through the Wilderness of Sin

Exodus 16:1 On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai.
Numbers 33:11 They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.

Through the Wilderness of Sin: Manna Sent

Exodus 16:4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.
Exodus 16:8 And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”
Exodus 16:16–31 This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’” …

Through the Wilderness of Sin: Murmuring for Bread

Exodus 16:2–3 And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. …

Through the Wilderness of Sin: Quails Given for One Night

Exodus 16:8 And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”
Exodus 16:12–13 “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’” …

To Almondiblathaim

Numbers 33:46 They set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

To Alush

Numbers 33:13 They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

To Bamoth

Numbers 21:19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

To Beer or the Well

Numbers 21:16 From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”

To Bene-Jaakan

Numbers 33:31 They set out from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.

To Dophkah

Numbers 33:12 They set out from the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

To Ebronah

Numbers 33:34 They set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

To Elim

Exodus 15:27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.
Numbers 33:9 They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

To Etham

Exodus 13:20 They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
Numbers 33:6 They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.

To Eziongaber

Numbers 33:35 They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

To Haradah

Numbers 33:24 They set out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

To Hashmonah

Numbers 33:29 They set out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

To Hazeroth

Numbers 11:35 From Kibroth-hattaavah the people moved on to Hazeroth, where they remained for some time.
Numbers 33:17 They set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

To Hazeroth: Aaron and Miriam Envy Moses

Numbers 12:1–2 Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife. …

To Hazeroth: Delayed Seven Day for Miriam

Numbers 12:14–15 But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.” …

To Hazeroth: Miriam Punished by Leprosy

Numbers 12:10 As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,

To Horhagidgad or Gudgodah

Numbers 33:32 They set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.
Deuteronomy 10:7 From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.

To Ijeabarim Before Moab

Numbers 21:11 They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.
Numbers 33:44 They set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.

To Ijeabarim Before Moab: Orders Given Respecting Moab

Deuteronomy 2:8–9 So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab. …

To Jotbathah or Land of Rivers

Numbers 33:33 They set out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.
Deuteronomy 10:7 From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.

To Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin

Numbers 20:1 In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
Numbers 33:36 They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
Judges 11:16 But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

To Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin: Miriam Dies and is Buried

Numbers 20:1 In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

To Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin: Moses and Aaron Punished

Numbers 20:12 But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”

To Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin: Orders Given Respecting Edom

Deuteronomy 2:3–6 “You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north …

To Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin: Second Murmuring for Water

Numbers 20:2–6 Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron. …

To Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin: The King of Edom Refuses a Passage

Numbers 20:14–21 From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us, …
Judges 11:17 Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.

To Kadeshbarnea in Wilderness of Rithmah or Paran

Deuteronomy 1:19 And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
Numbers 32:8 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.
Numbers 12:16 After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 33:18 They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

To Kadeshbarnea in Wilderness of Rithmah or Paran: Spies Sent

Joshua 14:7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report.
Numbers 13:17–20 When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country. …

To Kehelathah

Numbers 33:22 They set out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

To Kibrothhattaavah

Numbers 33:16 They set out from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.

To Kibrothhattaavah: Called Taberah

Numbers 11:3 So that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them.

To Kibrothhattaavah: Complaining Punished by Fire

Numbers 11:1–3 Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp. …

To Kibrothhattaavah: Flesh Promised

Numbers 11:10–15 Then Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased. …
Numbers 11:18–23 And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will …

To Kibrothhattaavah: Quails Sent for a Month

Numbers 11:19–20 You will eat it not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days, …
Numbers 11:31–32 Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp. …

To Kibrothhattaavah: Seventy Elders Appointed to Assist Moses

Numbers 11:16–17 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you. …
Numbers 11:24–30 So Moses went out and relayed to the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered seventy of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent. …

To Kibrothhattaavah: Their Murmuring Punished

Numbers 11:33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.
Psalm 78:30–31 Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths, …

To Kibrothhattaavah: Why Called Kibrothhattaavah

Numbers 11:34 So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.

To Libnah or Laban

Numbers 33:20 They set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.
Deuteronomy 1:1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan — in the Arabah opposite Suph — between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

To Makheloth

Numbers 33:25 They set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

To Marah

Exodus 15:23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
Numbers 33:8 They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

To Marah: Murmuring of the People on Account of Bitter Water

Exodus 15:24 So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

To Marah: Water Sweetened

Exodus 15:25 And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

To Mattanah

Numbers 21:18 The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,

To Mithcah

Numbers 33:28 They set out from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

To Moseroth or Mosera

Numbers 33:30 They set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

To Mount Hor

Numbers 20:22 After they had set out from Kadesh, the whole congregation of Israel came to Mount Hor.
Numbers 33:37 They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom.

To Mount Hor: Aaron Dies

Numbers 20:28–29 After Moses had removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. …
Numbers 33:38–39 At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt. …

To Mount Hor: Arad Conquered

Numbers 21:1–3 When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners. …
Numbers 33:40 Now the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.

To Mount Hor: Called Hormah

Numbers 21:2–3 So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.” …

To Mount Shapher

Numbers 33:23 They set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

To Mount Sinai

Exodus 19:1–2 In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai. …
Numbers 33:15 They set out from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.

To Mount Sinai: Aaron and his Sons Selected for Priesthood

Exodus 28:1 “Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.
Numbers 3:1–3 This is the account of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. …
Numbers 3:10 So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”

To Mount Sinai: Covenant Made

Exodus 24:3–8 When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.” …

To Mount Sinai: God's Glory Shown to Moses

Exodus 33:18–23 Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.” …
Exodus 34:5–8 And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD. …

To Mount Sinai: Golden Calf Made

Exodus 32:1 Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do …
Exodus 32:4 He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

To Mount Sinai: Jethro's Visit

Exodus 18:1–6 Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. …

To Mount Sinai: Judges Appointed

Exodus 18:14–26 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?” …
Deuteronomy 1:9–15 At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone. …

To Mount Sinai: Levites Set Apart

Numbers 3:5–9 Then the LORD said to Moses, …

To Mount Sinai: Moral Law Given

Exodus 19:3 Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:
Exodus 20:1–26 And God spoke all these words: …

To Mount Sinai: Moral Law Written on Tables

Exodus 31:18 When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.

To Mount Sinai: Nadab and Abihu Destroyed for offering Strange Fire

Leviticus 10:1–2 Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command. …
Numbers 3:4 Nadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime …

To Mount Sinai: Order for Making the Tabernacle

Exodus 24:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD — you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders — and you are to worship at a distance.

To Mount Sinai: Passover First Commemorated

Numbers 9:1–5 In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai: …

To Mount Sinai: People Punished for Idolatry

Exodus 32:25–29 Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies. …
Exodus 32:35 And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.

To Mount Sinai: Second Numbering of the People

Numbers 1:1–46 On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said: …
Exodus 38:25–26 The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel— …

To Mount Sinai: Tabernacle First Set Up

Exodus 40:1–38 Then the LORD said to Moses, …

To Mount Sinai: Tables of Testimony Broken

Exodus 32:19 As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.

To Mount Sinai: The Tables of Testimony Renewed

Exodus 34:1–4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. …
Exodus 34:27–29 The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” …
Deuteronomy 10:1–5 At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood. …

To Mount Sinai: Tribe of Levi Taken Instead of the First-Born

Numbers 3:11–13 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, …

To Nahaliel

Numbers 21:19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

To Oboth

Numbers 21:10 Then the Israelites set out and camped at Oboth.
Numbers 33:43 They set out from Punon and camped at Oboth.

To Punon

Numbers 33:42 They set out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

To Rephidim

Exodus 17:1 Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
Numbers 33:14 They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

To Rephidim: Amalek Opposes Israel

Exodus 17:8 After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

To Rephidim: Amalek Overcome

Exodus 17:9–13 So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.” …

To Rephidim: Called Massah and Meribah

Exodus 17:7 He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

To Rephidim: Murmuring for Water

Exodus 17:2–3 So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?” …

To Rephidim: Water Brought from the Rock

Exodus 17:5–6 And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. …

To Rimmonparez

Numbers 33:19 They set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.

To Rissah

Numbers 33:21 They set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

To Succoth

Exodus 12:37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
Numbers 33:5 The Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.

To Tahath

Numbers 33:26 They set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

To Tarah

Numbers 33:27 They set out from Tahath and camped at Terah.

To the Mountains of Abarim

Numbers 21:20 and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
Numbers 33:47 They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim facing Nebo.

To the Mountains of Abarim: Og Conquered

Numbers 21:33–35 Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei. …
Deuteronomy 3:1–11 Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei. …

To the Mountains of Abarim: Sihon Conquered

Numbers 21:23–32 But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel. …
Deuteronomy 2:32–36 So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz. …

To the Mountains of Abarim: The Amorites Refuse a Passage to Israel

Numbers 21:21–23 Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, …
Deuteronomy 2:26–30 So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying, …

To Zalmonah

Numbers 33:41 And the Israelites set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

To Zalmonah: Brazen Serpent Raised Up

Numbers 21:7–9 Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people. …

To Zalmonah: Fiery Serpents Sent

Numbers 21:6 So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.

To Zalmonah: Murmuring of the People

Numbers 21:4–5 Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey …

To Zared or Dibon-Gad

Numbers 21:12 From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered.
Numbers 33:45 They set out from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.

Under God's Guidance

Exodus 13:21–22 And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night. …
Exodus 15:13 With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
Nehemiah 9:12 You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.
Psalm 78:52 He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
Isaiah 63:11–14 Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them, …

Under God's Protection

Exodus 14:19–20 And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them, …
Psalm 105:39 He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
Exodus 23:20 Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
Psalm 78:53 He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.

Under Moses As Leader

Exodus 3:10–12 Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.” …
Acts 7:36 He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
Acts 7:38 He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.

Worship of God Celebrated During

Exodus 24:5–8 Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD. …
Exodus 29:38–42 This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old. …
Exodus 40:24–29 He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle …