And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
The march recorded here is one link in a longer chain, with departure from Hazeroth and arrival to pitch at Rithmah marking a single stage. That stage belongs to the full itinerary tracing the movement from Egypt toward Canaan. The list that opens here and runs through chapter 33 verse 36 counts eighteen encampments between Hazeroth and Kadesh-barnea.
After a stay at Hazeroth the people passed through the wilderness of Paran on the way to Kadesh-barnea. That Kadesh-barnea lay near the border of Canaan and was the place from which the spies were sent out. Most of those intermediate camping places are now known by name alone, having left no other identifiable trace.
The march recorded here is one link in a longer chain, with departure from Hazeroth and arrival to pitch at Rithmah marking a single stage. That stage belongs to the full itinerary tracing the movement from Egypt toward Canaan. The list that opens here and runs through chapter 33 verse 36 counts eighteen encampments between Hazeroth and Kadesh-barnea.
After a stay at Hazeroth the people passed through the wilderness of Paran on the way to Kadesh-barnea. That Kadesh-barnea lay near the border of Canaan and was the place from which the spies were sent out. Most of those intermediate camping places are now known by name alone, having left no other identifiable trace.