These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
Parallel translations
- WEB These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV These are the journeys of the children of Israel, who went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- NASB These are the journeys of the sons of Israel, by which they came out of the land of Egypt by their armies, under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
- NLT This is the route the Israelites followed as they marched out of Egypt under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
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Quick answer
This verse introduces a record of Israel's journey stages from Egypt, led by Moses and Aaron. It frames the itinerary as a memorial of God's faithfulness through the wilderness years.
Overview
Chapter 33 opens by titling the catalog of Israel's encampments from the exodus onward, organized under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. The deliberate record marks the journey as significant sacred history, not mere travel notes. It invites God's people to remember His guidance and provision through every stage, a remembering the New Testament urges as the wilderness becomes a picture of the believer's pilgrimage toward rest.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 77:20You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- Mic 6:4For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
- Exod 12:51And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.
- Exod 12:37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
- Exod 13:18So 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.
- 1 Sam 12:8When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
- Josh 24:5Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out.
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Christ at the center
In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.
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