Numbers 33:38

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Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.

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The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

Historical maps are public-domain atlas plates, digitized by Wikimedia Commons.

These places trace Israel’s wilderness journey from Egypt through Sinai, Edom, and Moab to the Jordan opposite Jericho, where they prepared to enter Canaan. Numbers 33:38 marks Mount Hor near Edom, where Aaron died by God’s command, underscoring the generation’s transition under divine judgment and faithfulness.

Places in this passage

Numbers 33:38 mentions Abarim, Abel-shittim, Almon-diblathaim, Beth-jeshimoth, Canaan, Dibon, Edom, Egypt, Elim, Jericho, Jordan, Kadesh-barnea, Mithkah, Moab, Moab, Moseroth, Mount Shepher, Nebo, Negeb, Punon, Rameses, Red Sea, Tahath, Terah, Wilderness of Sinai and Zin.

Photo of Abarim — Abarim · Guillaume Baviere