39. Aaron was 123 years old when he died there on Mount Hor.
40. At that time the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the people of Israel were approaching his land.
41. Meanwhile, the Israelites left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
42. Then 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 east of the river, near Mount Nebo.
48. They left the mountains east of the river and camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
49. Along the Jordan River they camped from Beth-jeshimoth as far as the meadows of Acacia on the plains of Moab.
50. While they were camped near the Jordan River on the plains of Moab opposite Jericho, the lord said to Moses,
51. “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: When you cross the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,
52. you must drive out all the people living there. You must destroy all their carved and molten images and demolish all their pagan shrines.
53. Take possession of the land and settle in it, because I have given it to you to occupy.
54. You must distribute the land among the clans by sacred lot and in proportion to their size. A larger portion of land will be allotted to each of the larger clans, and a smaller portion will be allotted to each of the smaller clans. The decision of the sacred lot is final. In this way, the portions of land will be divided among your ancestral tribes.
55. But if you fail to drive out the people who live in the land, those who remain will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will harass you in the land where you live.
56. And I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”