Numbers 33 in the early church

75 passages quote, allude to, or echo Numbers 33, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

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Numbers 33:1

These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:1–2	Commentary on John 32.2 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 230–248
Num 33:1–2	Homilies on Numbers 27.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Num 33:1	Homilies on Numbers 27.3 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Num 33:1	Homilies on Numbers 27.6 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Num 33:1–49	Tractates on the Psalms 118.5.2 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 360–367
Num 33:1	Letter 77.7 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Num 33:1	Letter 78.2 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Num 33:1	Exposition of Psalm 118 5.3.1 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
Num 33:1–49	Formulae of Spiritual Understanding 10 · Eucherius of Lyon	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 420-430
Num 33:1	The Conferences 21.28 · John Cassian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 426–429

Numbers 33:2

At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:2	Homilies on Numbers 27.7 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Num 33:2	Exposition of Psalm 118 5.3.1 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397

Numbers 33:3

On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:3–4	Homilies on Numbers 27.8 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Num 33:3	Question 95, section 5 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, low confidence	ca. 370–384
Num 33:3	Letter 78.3 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:4

who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:4	Demonstration 15.3 · Aphrahat	quotation, high confidence	337-345
Num 33:4	Letter 78.3 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:5

The Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:5–7	Homilies on Numbers 27.9 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Num 33:5	Letter 78.4 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Num 33:5	Exposition of Psalm 118 5.5.1 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397

Numbers 33:6

They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:6	Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 287 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Num 33:6	Commentary on John 6.214 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
Num 33:6	Letter 78.5 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:7

They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:7	Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 287 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Num 33:7	Letter 78.6 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:8

They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:8	Homilies on Numbers 27.10 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Num 33:8	Letter 78.7 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Num 33:8	Exposition of Psalm 118 5.5.2 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397

Numbers 33:9

They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:9–11	Homilies on Numbers 27.11 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Num 33:9	Letter 78.8 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:10

They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:10	Letter 78.9 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Num 33:10–15	Pilgrimage (Itinerarium) 6.3 · Egeria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 381-395

Numbers 33:11

They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:11	Letter 78.10 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:12

They set out from the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:12–49	Homilies on Numbers 27.12 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Num 33:12	Letter 78.11 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:13

They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:13	Letter 78.12 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:14

They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:14	Letter 78.13 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:15

They set out from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:15	Letter 78.14 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:16

They set out from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:16	Letter 78.15 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:17

They set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:17	Letter 78.16 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:18

They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:18	Letter 78.17 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:19

They set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:19	Letter 78.18 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:20

They set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:20	Letter 78.19 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:21

They set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:21	Letter 78.20 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:22

They set out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:22	Letter 78.21 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:23

They set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:23	Letter 78.22 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:24

They set out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:24	Letter 78.23 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:25

They set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:25	Letter 78.24 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:26

They set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:26	Letter 78.25 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:27

They set out from Tahath and camped at Terah.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:27	Letter 78.26 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:28

They set out from Terah and camped at Mithkah.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:28	Letter 78.27 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:29

They set out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:29	Letter 78.28 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:30

They set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:30	Letter 78.29 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:31

They set out from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:31	Letter 78.30 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:32

They set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:32	Letter 78.31 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:33

They set out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:33	Letter 78.32 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:34

They set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:34	Letter 78.33 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:35

They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:35	Letter 78.34 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:36

They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:36	Letter 78.35 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Num 33:36	Exposition of Psalm 118 5.3.1 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386-397

Numbers 33:37

They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:37	Letter 78.36 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:38

At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:38	Letter 78.36 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:39

Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:39	Letter 78.36 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:40

Now the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:40	Letter 78.36 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:41

And the Israelites set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:41	Letter 78.37 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:42

They set out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:42	Letter 78.37 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:43

They set out from Punon and camped at Oboth.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:43	Letter 78.37 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Num 33:43	Letter 78.38 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:44

They set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:44	Letter 78.39 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:45

They set out from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:45	Letter 78.40 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:46

They set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:46	Letter 78.41 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:47

They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim facing Nebo.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:47	Letter 78.42 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:48

They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:48	Letter 78.43 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:49

And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:49	Letter 78.43 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 33:52

you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 33:52	Letter 78.43 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419