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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
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.
