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Numbers 22:1
Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative places the Israelite camp on the plains of Moab opposite Jericho, immediately following their campaigns against the Amorites and preceding Balak’s observation.
The words — וַ/יִּסְע֖וּ (va/i.yis.'U) and וַֽ/יַּחֲנוּ֙ (va/i.ya.cha.Nu) denote sequential movement, translating literally to "and they set out" and "and they encamped."
The thread — This location is cross-referenced in Numbers 33:48, which confirms the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, while Numbers 21:20 and Numbers 32:19 track the adjacent Moabite territory and Jordan boundary.
Why it lands — The text records a precise geographical staging point, requiring the reader to note Israel's positioned proximity to Jericho and Moab before the next narrative confrontation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
Cross-references
- Numbers 21:20 and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
- Numbers 32:19 Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”
- Numbers 33:48 They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
- Numbers 34:15 These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
- Numbers 36:13 These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
- Deuteronomy 1:5 On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
- Deuteronomy 3:8 At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—
- Deuteronomy 34:1 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
- Deuteronomy 34:8 The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
- Joshua 3:16 the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.