39. Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.
40. The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the South (the Negeb) in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the Israelites.
41. They set out from Mount Hor and encamped at Zalmonah.
42. And they set out from Zalmonah and encamped at Punon.
43. And they set out from Punon and encamped at Oboth.
44. And they traveled on from Oboth and encamped at Iye-abarim, on the border of Moab.
45. And they departed from Iyim and encamped at Dibon-gad.
46. And they set out from Dibon-gad and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.
47. And they traveled on from Almon-diblathaim and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
48. And they departed from the mountains of Abarim and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
49. And they encamped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
50. And the Lord said to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho,
51. Tell the Israelites, When you have passed over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
52. Then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you and destroy all their figured stones and all their molten images and completely demolish all their [idolatrous] high places,
53. And you shall take possession of the land and dwell in it, for to you I have given the land to possess it.
54. You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the large tribe you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the small tribe you shall give a smaller inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.