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THE MESSAGE

Numbers 21:10

The People of Israel set out and camped at Oboth. They left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim in the wilderness that faces Moab on the east. They went from there and pitched camp in the Zered Valley. Their next camp was alongside the Arnon River, which marks the border between Amorite country and Moab. The Book of the Wars of God refers to this place: Waheb in Suphah, the canyons of Arnon; Along the canyon ravines that lead to the village Ar And lean hard against the border of Moab.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Oboth;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Serpents;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Moab;   Palestine;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Oboth;   Well;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Oboth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Jephthah;   Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Oboth;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Oboth ;   Wanderings of the Israelites;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Oboth;   Smith Bible Dictionary - O'both;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Forward;   Moses;   Oboth;   Wanderings of Israel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Nehushtan;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The children of Yisra'el journeyed, and encamped in Ovot.
King James Version
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
Lexham English Bible
The Israelites set out and encamped at Oboth.
English Standard Version
And the people of Israel set out and camped in Oboth.
New Century Version
The Israelites went and camped at Oboth.
New English Translation
The Israelites traveled on and camped in Oboth.
Amplified Bible
Now the sons of Israel moved out and camped at Oboth.
New American Standard Bible
Now the sons of Israel moved out and camped in Oboth.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And ye children of Israel departed thence, and pitched in Oboth.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the sons of Israel set out and camped in Oboth.
Contemporary English Version
As the Israelites continued their journey to Canaan, they camped at Oboth,
Complete Jewish Bible
The people of Isra'el traveled on and camped at Ovot.
Darby Translation
And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Israelites left that place and camped at Oboth.
George Lamsa Translation
And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Aboth.
Good News Translation
The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth.
Christian Standard Bible®
The Israelites set out and camped at Oboth.
Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel pulled up stakes and encamped in Oboth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the children of Israel departed, and pitched in Oboth.
American Standard Version
And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth.
Bible in Basic English
Then the children of Israel went on and put up their tents in Oboth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the children of Israel departed thence, and pitched in Oboth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in Oboth.
King James Version (1611)
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the children of Israel departed, and encamped in Oboth.
English Revised Version
And the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in Oboth.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the Israelites set out and camped at Oboth.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the sones of Israel yeden forth,
Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel journey, and encamp in Oboth.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the children of Israel moved forward, and pitched in Oboth.
World English Bible
The children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth.
New King James Version
Now the children of Israel moved on and camped in Oboth.
New Living Translation
The Israelites traveled next to Oboth and camped there.
New Life Bible
The people of Israel traveled on, and set up their tents in Oboth.
New Revised Standard
The Israelites set out, and camped in Oboth.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the sons of Israel brake up, - and encamped in Oboth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of Israel setting forwards camped in Oboth.
Revised Standard Version
And the people of Israel set out, and encamped in Oboth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the sons of Israel moved out and camped in Oboth.

Contextual Overview

10The People of Israel set out and camped at Oboth. They left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim in the wilderness that faces Moab on the east. They went from there and pitched camp in the Zered Valley. Their next camp was alongside the Arnon River, which marks the border between Amorite country and Moab. The Book of the Wars of God refers to this place: Waheb in Suphah, the canyons of Arnon; Along the canyon ravines that lead to the village Ar And lean hard against the border of Moab. 16They went on to Beer (The Well), where God said to Moses, "Gather the people; I'll give them water." That's where Israel sang this song: Erupt, Well! Sing the Song of the Well, the well sunk by princes, Dug out by the peoples' leaders digging with their scepters and staffs. 19From the wilderness their route went from Mattanah to Nahaliel to Bamoth (The Heights) to the valley that opens into the fields of Moab from where Pisgah (The Summit) rises and overlooks Jeshimon (Wasteland).

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 33:43-45

Reciprocal: Judges 11:18 - went

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
But God said, "That's not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I'll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.
Genesis 20:11
Abraham said, "I just assumed that there was no fear of God in this place and that they'd kill me to get my wife. Besides, the truth is that she is my half sister; she's my father's daughter but not my mother's. When God sent me out as a wanderer from my father's home, I told her, ‘Do me a favor; wherever we go, tell people that I'm your brother.'"
Genesis 21:7
She also said, Whoever would have suggested to Abraham that Sarah would one day nurse a baby! Yet here I am! I've given the old man a son!
Genesis 21:11
The matter gave great pain to Abraham—after all, Ishmael was his son. But God spoke to Abraham, "Don't feel badly about the boy and your maid. Do whatever Sarah tells you. Your descendants will come through Isaac. Regarding your maid's son, be assured that I'll also develop a great nation from him—he's your son, too."
Genesis 21:22
At about that same time, Abimelech and the captain of his troops, Phicol, spoke to Abraham: "No matter what you do, God is on your side. So swear to me that you won't do anything underhanded to me or any of my family. For as long as you live here, swear that you'll treat me and my land as well as I've treated you."
Genesis 21:31
That's how the place got named Beersheba (the Oath-Well), because the two of them swore a covenant oath there. After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and his commander, Phicol, left and went back to Philistine territory.
Genesis 25:19
This is the family tree of Isaac son of Abraham: Abraham had Isaac. Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan Aram. She was the sister of Laban the Aramean.
1 John 2:19
They left us, but they were never really with us. If they had been, they would have stuck it out with us, loyal to the end. In leaving, they showed their true colors, showed they never did belong.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the children of Israel set forward,.... From Zalmonah, and came to Punon, which, according to the above writer, was twenty miles from it; though here indeed, some think, the brazen serpent was set up, here being, as before observed, brass mines to furnish with that metal:

and pitched in Oboth; which was twenty four miles from Punon, as says the same writer: the word signifies bottles; perhaps here the Israelites got water and filled their bottles, or, as others think, they filled them with the wine of Moab, and called the name of the place from thence; it is perhaps the same with the Eboda of Ptolemy h, which he places in Arabia Petraea; and of which Pliny i also makes mention.

h Geograph. l. 5. c. 17. i Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 28.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The earlier stations in this part of their journey were Zalmonah and Punon Numbers 33:41-42. Oboth was north of Punon, east of the northern part of Edom, and is pretty certainly the same as the present pilgrim halting-place el-Ahsa. Ije (“ruinous heaps”) of Abarim, or Iim of Abarim, was so called to distinguish it from another Iim in southwestern Canaan Joshua 15:29. Abarim denotes generally the whole upland country on the east of the Jordan. The Greek equivalent of the name is Peraea.


 
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