Numbers 22:1

English Revised Version

And the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The children of Yisra'el journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Mo'av beyond the Yarden at Yericho.

King James Version
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

Lexham English Bible
The Israelites set out, and they encamped on the desert-plateau of Moab, across from Jericho beyond the Jordan.

English Standard Version
Then the people of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.

New Century Version
Then the people of Israel went to the plains of Moab, and they camped near the Jordan River across from Jericho.

New English Translation
The Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan River across from Jericho.

Amplified Bible
The Israelites journeyed, and camped in the plains of Moab, on the east side of the Jordan [River] across from Jericho.

New American Standard Bible
Then the sons of Israel journeyed on, and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan opposite Jericho.

Geneva Bible (1587)
After, the children of Israel departed & pitched in the plaine of Moab on the other side of Iorden from Iericho.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the sons of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan opposite Jericho.

Contemporary English Version
Israel moved from there to the hills of Moab, where they camped across the Jordan River from the town of Jericho.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then the people of Isra'el traveled on and camped in the plains of Mo'av beyond the Yarden River, opposite Yericho. Haftarah Hukkat: Shof'tim (Judges) 11:1–33 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Hukkat: Yochanan (John) 3:9–21; 4:3–30; 12:27–50 [In regular years read with Parashah 39, in leap years read separately] Now Balak the son of Tzippor saw all that Isra'el had done to the Emori. Mo'av was very afraid of the people, because there were so many of them; Mo'av was overcome with dread because of the people of Isra'el. So Mo'av said to the leaders of Midyan, "This horde will lick up everything around us, the way an ox licks up grass in the field." Balak the son of Tzippor was king of Mo'av at that time. He sent messengers to Bil‘am the son of B‘or, at P'tor by the [Euphrates] River in his native land, to tell him, "Listen, a people has come out of Egypt, spread over all the land and settled down next to me. Therefore, please come, and curse this people for me, because they are stronger than I am. Maybe I will be able to strike them down and drive them out of the land, for I know that whomever you bless is in fact blessed, and whomever you curse is in fact cursed." The leaders of Mo'av and Midyan left, taking with them the payment for divining, came to Bil‘am and spoke to him the words of Balak. He said to them, "Stay here tonight, and I will bring you back whatever answer Adonai tells me." So the princes of Mo'av stayed with Bil‘am. God came to Bil‘am and said, "Who are these men with you?" Bil‘am said to God, "Balak the son of Tzippor, king of Mo'av, has sent me this message: ‘The people who came out of Egypt have spread over the land; now, come and curse them for me; maybe I will be able to fight against them and drive them out.'" God answered Bil‘am, "You are not to go with them; you are not to curse the people, because they are blessed." (RY: v; LY: ii) Bil‘am got up in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, "Return to your own land, because Adonai refuses to give me permission to go with you." The princes of Mo'av got up, returned to Balak and said, "Bil‘am refuses to come with us." Balak again sent princes, more of them and of higher status than the first group. They went to Bil‘am and said to him, "Here is what Balak the son of Tzippor says: ‘Please don't let anything keep you from coming to me. I will reward you very well, and whatever you say to me I will do. So please come, and curse this people for me.'" Bil‘am answered the servants of Balak, "Even if Balak were to give me his palace filled with silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Adonai my God to do anything, great or small. Now, please, you too, stay here tonight; so that I may find out what else Adonai will say to me." God came to Bil‘am during the night and said to him, "If the men have come to summon you, get up and go with them; but do only what I tell you." (LY: iii) So Bil‘am got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Mo'av. But God's anger flared up because he went, and the angel of Adonai stationed himself on the path to bar his way. He was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. The donkey saw the angel of Adonai standing on the road, drawn sword in hand; so the donkey turned off the road into the field; and Bil‘am had to beat the donkey to get it back on the road. Then the angel of Adonai stood on the road where it became narrow as it passed among the vineyards and had stone walls on both sides. The donkey saw the angel of Adonai and pushed up against the wall, crushing Bil‘am's foot against the wall. So he beat it again. The angel of Adonai moved ahead and stood in a place so tight that there was no room to turn either right or left. Again the donkey saw the angel of Adonai and lay down under Bil‘am, which made him so angry that he hit the donkey with his stick. But Adonai enabled the donkey to speak, and it said to Bil‘am, "What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?" Bil‘am said to the donkey, "It's because you've been making a fool of me! I wish I had a sword in my hand; I would kill you on the spot!" The donkey said to Bil‘am, "I'm your donkey, right? You've ridden me all your life, right? Have I ever treated you like this before?" "No," he admitted. Then Adonai opened Bil‘am's eyes, so that he could see the angel of Adonai standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand, and he bowed his head and fell on his face. The angel of Adonai said to him, "Why did you hit your donkey three times like that? I have come out here to bar your way, because you are rushing to oppose me. The donkey saw me and turned aside these three times; and indeed, if she hadn't turned away from me, I would have killed you by now and saved it alive!" Bil‘am said to the angel of Adonai , "I have sinned. I didn't know that you were standing on the road to block me. Now, therefore, if what I am doing displeases you, I will go back." But the angel of Adonai said to Bil‘am, "No, go on with the men; but you are to say only what I tell you to say." So Bil‘am went along with the princes of Balak. When Balak heard that Bil‘am had come, he went out to meet him in the city of Mo'av at the Arnon border, in the farthest reaches of the territory. Balak said to Bil‘am, "I sent more than once to summon you! Why didn't you come to me? Did you think I couldn't pay you enough?" Bil‘am replied to Balak, "Here, I've come to you! But I have no power of my own to say anything. The word that God puts in my mouth is what I will say." (RY: vi, LY: iv) Bil‘am went with Balak. When they arrived at Kiryat-Hutzot, Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, then sent to Bil‘am and the princes with him. In the morning Balak took Bil‘am and brought him up to the high places of Ba‘al; from there he could see a portion of the people.

Darby Translation
And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab on the other side of the Jordan from Jericho.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Israelites traveled to the Jordan Valley in Moab. They camped near the Jordan River across from Jericho.

George Lamsa Translation
AND the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab on this side of Jordan by Jericho.

Good News Translation
The Israelites moved on and set up camp in the plains of Moab east of the Jordan and opposite Jericho.

Christian Standard Bible®
The Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan across from Jericho.

Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel pulled up stakes and camped on the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, by Jericho.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Afterwarde wete ye children of Israel, & pitched in ye felde of Moab beyonde Iordane by Iericho.

American Standard Version
And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.

Bible in Basic English
Then the children of Israel, journeying on, put up their tents in the lowlands of Moab, on the other side of Jordan at Jericho.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the children of Israel departed and pitched in the fieldes of Moab, on the other side of Iordane from Iericho.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.

King James Version (1611)
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plaines of Moab, on this side Iordane by Iericho.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the children of Israel departed, and encamped on the west of Moab by Jordan toward Jericho.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei yeden forth, and settiden tentis in the feeldi places of Moab, where Jerico is set ouer Jordan.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel journey and encamp in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, [by] Jericho.

Update Bible Version
And the sons of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the children of Israel moved forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side of Jordan [by] Jericho.

World English Bible
The children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.

New King James Version
Then the children of Israel moved, and camped in the plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan across from Jericho.

New Living Translation
Then the people of Israel traveled to the plains of Moab and camped east of the Jordan River, across from Jericho.

New Life Bible
Then the people of Israel traveled on and set up their tents in the plains of Moab on the other side of the Jordan beside Jericho.

New Revised Standard
The Israelites set out, and camped in the plains of Moab across the Jordan from Jericho.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then did the sons of Israel break up, - and encamp in the waste plains of Moab, on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they went forward and encamped in the plains of Moab, over against where Jericho is situate beyond the Jordan.

Revised Standard Version
Then the people of Israel set out, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.

THE MESSAGE
The People of Israel marched on and camped on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the sons of Israel journeyed, and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan opposite Jericho.

Contextual Overview

¹ And the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. ² And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. ³ And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. ⁴ And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. ⁵ And he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: ⁶ come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. ⁷ And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. ⁸ And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. ⁹ And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? ¹⁰ And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the children: Numbers 21:20, Numbers 33:48-50, Numbers 36:13, Deuteronomy 34:1, Deuteronomy 34:8

on this side: Numbers 32:19, Numbers 34:15, Deuteronomy 1:5, Deuteronomy 3:8, Joshua 3:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:37 - Moabites Numbers 26:3 - General Numbers 31:12 - the plains of Moab Numbers 35:1 - General Amos 2:1 - For three Micah 6:5 - Balak

Cross-References

Genesis 22:7
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

Genesis 22:11
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

Genesis 22:12
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.

Genesis 22:14
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.

Exodus 3:4
And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

Exodus 16:4
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

Deuteronomy 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

Deuteronomy 8:16
who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end:

Deuteronomy 13:3
thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Judges 2:22
that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the children of Israel set forward,.... From the country of Bashan, where we read of them last, after they had conquered Og the king of it, and also Sihon king of the Amorites, and settled some of their tribes in both kingdoms; the particular place from whence they came hither, according to the account of their journeys, were the mountains of Abarim, Numbers 33:48:

and pitched in the plains of Moab the part of them they encamped in reached from Bethjesimoth to Abelshittim, Numbers 33:49,

on this side Jordan by Jericho; or Jordan of Jericho, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; a river that flowed near to Jericho, running between the plains of Moab and the plains of Jericho; according to Josephus u it was sixty furlongs, or seven miles and a half from Jericho; but, according to Jerome w, it was but five miles: or rather, as some versions render it, "over against Jericho" x; for Jericho was on the other side of the river Jordan, and the plains of Moab, or that part of them where Israel now pitched, were right against that city; and so Josephus says y.

u Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 4. w De locis Heb. fol. 87. G. x κατα ιεριχω Sept. "ex opposito Heiricho", Tigurine version. y Antiqu. l. 4. c. 6. sect. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The plains - Hebrew ערבה ‛ărābâh; the word is the plural of that which is used to denote the whole depressed tract along the Jordan and the Dead Sea, and onward, where it is still called the Arabah (compare Numbers 21:4 note), to the Elanitic gulf.

On this side Jordan by Jericho - Rather, across the Jordan of Jericho, i. e., that part of Jordan which skirted the territory of Jericho. This form of expression indicates the site of the camp in its relation to the well-known city of Jericho. See Deuteronomy 1:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXII

The Israelites pitch in the plains of Moab, 1.

Balak, king of Moab, is greatly terrified, 2-4;

and sends to Balaam, a diviner, to come and curse them, 5, 6.

The elders of Moab take a reward and carry it to Balaam, 7.

He inquires of the Lord, and is positively ordered not to go

with them, 8-12.

He communicates this to the elders of Moab, 13.

They return to Balak with this information, 14.

He sends some of his princes to Balaam with promises of great

honour, 15-17.

He consults God, and is permitted! to go, on certain conditions,

18-20.

Balaam sets off, is opposed by an angel of the Lord, and the

Lord miraculously opens the mouth of his ass to reprove him,

21-30.

Balaam sees the angel, and is reproved by him, 31-33.

He humbles himself, and offers to go back, 34;

but is ordered to proceed, on the same conditions as before, 35.

The king of Moab goes out to meet him, 36.

His address to him, 37.

Balaam's firm answer, 38.

Balak sacrifices, and takes Balaam to the high places of Baal,

that he may see the whole of the Israelitish camp, 39-41.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXII

Verse Numbers 22:1. And pitched in the plains of Moab — They had taken no part of the country that at present appertained to the Moabites; they had taken only that part which had formerly belonged to this people, but had been taken from them by Sihon, king of the Amorites.

On this side Jordan — On the east side. By Jericho, that is, over against it.