40. It was then that the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Southern Desert of Canaan, heard that Israel was headed that way.
41-47. The Israelites left Mount Hor and headed towards Moab. Along the way, they camped at Zalmonah, Punon, Oboth, Iye-Abarim in the territory of Moab, Dibon-Gad, Almon-Diblathaim, at a place near Mount Nebo in the Abarim Mountains,
48. and finally in the lowlands of Moab across the River Jordan from Jericho.
49. Their camp stretched from Beth-Jeshimoth to Acacia.
50. While Israel was camped in the lowlands of Moab across the River Jordan from Jericho, the Lord told Moses
51. to give the people of Israel this message:When you cross the River Jordan and enter Canaan,
52. you must force out the people living there. Destroy their idols and tear down their altars.
53. Then settle in the land—I have given it to you as your own.
54. I will show you how to divide the land among the tribes, according to the number of clans in each one, so that the larger tribes will have more land than the smaller ones.
55. If you don't force out all the people there, they will be like pointed sticks in your eyes and thorns in your back. They will always be trouble for you,