Read Numbers 33 here (text coming …) or at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew paragraphs:
33:1-39 {s} Journey of Israel from Egypt to the death of Aaron
33:40-49 {s} Journey of Israel from Mt Hor to Acacia Grove
33:50-56 {p} Israel shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and possess it
The Num 33:1-56 {s+s+p} Strong Theme: Goal of deliverance from Egypt: to possess the land
There are forty years of journeys summarized in 49 verses in Num 33. Many events happened during Israel’s journeying, but only the details of a very few of them are recounted in this summary.
They depart Egypt following the Passover (vs. 3). They pass through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, then they journey for three days into the wilderness (vs. 8). In the entire summary, this is the only extent of time recorded from one place to the next —for a reason! When they arrive in the wilderness, they camp at Marah, where the water was bitter, and YHVH turned the bitter water sweet (vs. 8). Then they camp at Elim, where there are twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees (vs. 9). This is History that Prophesies.
Passover = crucifixion of Messiah Yeshua, our Passover Lamb (1 Cor 5:7);
Crossing the midst of the sea = burial (Col 2:12, 1 Cor 10:2);
Three days to Marah = after three days, resurrection (bitterness turned to sweetness);
Oasis of Elim = rest, water, shade, 12 and 70.
There were twelve wells of water feeding seventy palm trees at Elim, because the twelve tribes of Israel are the source of blessing which nourish the seventy nations, in other words, all the nations, so that the nations may enter into His rest as well, through Messiah Yeshua. Here is the Law of Moses, preaching Messiah and the Gospel of grace through faith again.
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