Now these are the records of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day when the Lord spoke [by special revelation] with Moses on Mount Sinai.

So they set out from the mountain of the Lord (Sinai) three days’ journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went in front of them during the three days’ journey to seek out a resting place for them.

Now when they set out from Kadesh, the Israelites, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,

Take Aaron and Eleazar his son and bring them up to Mount Hor;

So Moses did just as the Lord had commanded; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the [branch of the] Red Sea [called the Gulf of Aqabah], to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient, because [of the challenges] of the journey.

So he took Balaam to the field of Zophim to the top of [Mount] Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

So Balak brought Balaam to the top of [Mount] Peor, that overlooks the wasteland.

“Edom shall be [taken as] a possession,
[Mount] Seir, Israel’s enemies, also will be a possession,
While Israel performs valiantly.

It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained on Mount Sinai as a sweet and soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord.

They moved out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

They moved out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

They moved out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom.

Aaron the priest went up on Mount Hor at the command of the Lord, and died there in the fortieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month.

Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.

They moved out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

‘And this shall be your north border: from the Great [Mediterranean] Sea mark out your boundary line to Mount Hor;

from Mount Hor you shall mark out your boundary to the entrance of Hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at Zedad;