Origen, on Num 33:2

“Which Moses wrote down according to the places of their encamping, which they changed by the commandment of the Lord.”

“He wrote them down, then, "by the word of the Lord" so that when we read them and see how many starting places lie ahead of us on the journey that leads to the kingdom, we may prepare ourselves for this way of life. [Thus,] considering the journey that lies ahead of us, [we] may not allow the time of our life to be ruined by sloth and neglect.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.