Bamidbar 33:Don't Stop Believing

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Mar 26, 2026 · 3m

As Numbers comes to a close, the Torah goes back and lists all the journeys that the Israelites made from the time they left Egypt.

“These are the marches of the Israelites who started out from the land of Egypt, troop by troop, under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.”

אֵלֶּה מַסְעֵי בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר יָצְאוּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לְצִבְאֹתָם בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן׃

(Numbers 33:1)

“Moses recorded their departures, stage by stage, as directed by ה׳.”

וַיִּכְתֹּב מֹשֶׁה אֶת־מוֹצָאֵיהֶם לְמַסְעֵיהֶם עַל־פִּי ה׳

(Numbers 33:2)

Why list this now? The simple answer is that the people are…