Bible Strands
Numbers 21:11
They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the Israelites' travel route during their wilderness journey, positioned between their encampment at Oboth and their subsequent stop at the Valley of Zered.
The words — וַ/יִּסְע֖וּ (va/i.yis.'U) means "they set out," and וַֽ/יַּחֲנ֞וּ (va/i.ya.cha.Nu) means "they encamped," framing the movement with precise departure and arrival markers.
The thread — This verse functions as a logistical waypoint in the Numbers 21 itinerary, continuing the sequential list of camps that tracks the group's eastward progress across the wilderness.
Why it lands — It asks the reader to note the exact geographic transition from Oboth to Iye-abarim without projecting later theological meaning onto a straightforward travel record.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije–abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.