36. They left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh in the Desert of Zin.
37. They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the border of Edom.
38. Aaron the priest obeyed the Lord and went up Mount Hor. There he died on the first day of the fifth month In the fortieth year after the Israelites left Egypt.
39. Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.
40. The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the southern area of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.
41. The people left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
42. They left Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
43. They left Punon and camped at Oboth.
44. They left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim, on the border of Moab.
45. They left Iye Abarim and camped at Dibon Gad.
46. They left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim.
47. They left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, near Nebo.
48. They left the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho.
49. They camped along the Jordan on the plains of Moab, and their camp went from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Acacia.
50. On the plains of Moab by the Jordan River across from Jericho, the Lord spoke to Moses. He said,
51. “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you cross the Jordan River and go into Canaan,
52. force out all the people who live there. Destroy all of their carved statues and metal idols. Wreck all of their places of worship.
53. Take over the land and settle there, because I have given this land to you to own.