33:1 4 These are the journeys of the Israelites, who went out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the authority 5 of Moses and Aaron.
1 tc The MT does not mention the departures of the northerly and westerly tribes. The Greek text completes the description by adding them, making a full schedule of the departure of the groups of tribes. The Greek is not likely to be original, however, since it carries all the signs of addition to complete the text, making a smooth, full reading. The MT is to be preferred; it apparently used two of the groups to give the idea.
2 tn The Hebrew text has “they shall blow an alarm”; the sentence without a formal subject should be taken as a passive idea.
3 sn The verb is the same as the noun: “they journeyed on their journeyings.” This underscores the point of their continual traveling.
5 sn This material can be arranged into four sections: from Egypt to Sinai (vv. 1-15), the wilderness wanderings (vv. 16-36), from Kadesh to Moab (vv. 37-49), and final orders for Canaan (vv. 50-56).
6 tn Heb “hand.”