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The Wilderness Highway: From Mount Sinai to the Plains of Moab

Trace Israel’s epic desert march from the foot of Mount Sinai, north through the rugged Arabah and Kadesh-barnea, circling around the mountain borders of Edom through Zalmonah and Oboth, until halting in triumph at Shittim in the Plains of Moab.

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Itinerary Stops (6)

  • Stop 1: Mount Sinai (Exodus 40:1-38; Numbers 10:11-12)

    The cloud lifts from above the Tabernacle, and Israel departs the wilderness of Sinai on the twentieth day of the second month.

  • Stop 2: Kadesh-barnea (Numbers 13:26; 20:1)

    The camp halts at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran, spending decades in the surrounding sanctuary basins.

  • Stop 3: Moserah (Numbers 20:22-29; Deuteronomy 10:6)

    Encamping near Mount Hor at Moserah, Aaron the high priest dies and Eleazar succeeds him.

  • Stop 4: Zalmonah (Numbers 33:41)

    Departing Mount Hor, Israel journeys through Zalmonah to compass the rugged terrain of Edom.

  • Stop 5: Oboth (Numbers 21:10; 33:43)

    Israel advances along the eastern desert border of Edom, setting camp at Oboth.

  • Stop 6: Shittim (Numbers 22:1; 25:1; Joshua 2:1)

    The host of Israel pitches camp in the plains of Moab across the Jordan opposite Jericho at Shittim.

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