Numbers 33:16 — Meaning and Application

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“And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah. {Kibrothhattaavah: that is, the graves of lust}”

Numbers 33:16

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And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.

And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah. {Kibrothhattaavah: that is, the graves of lust}

And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.

And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.

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Numbers 33:1

"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."

Numbers 33:2

"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."

Numbers 33:3

"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."

Numbers 33:4

"For the Egyptians buried all {their} firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments."

Numbers 33:5

"And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth."

Numbers 33:6

"And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which {is} in the edge of the wilderness."

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