<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . (November 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . (November 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Stations of the Exodus are the 42 locations visited by the Israelites following their exodus from Egypt, recorded in Numbers 33, with variations also recorded in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy . </P> <P> According to the documentary hypothesis, the list of the Stations is believed to have originally been a distinct and separate source text . In this hypothesis, it is believed that the redactor, in combining the Torah's sources, used parts of the Stations list to fill out awkward joins between the main sources . The list records the locations visited by the Israelites, during their journey through the wilderness, after having left Egypt . Consequently, the parts which were inserted to join up the sources appear in suitable locations in the books of Exodus and Numbers . </P>

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