Bible Strands
Numbers 33:44
They set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Israel’s wilderness encampment route for the community’s reference, listing each stopping point in chronological sequence.
The words — The Hebrew verbs וַיִּסְעוּ (va-yisʿû) and וַיַּחֲנוּ (va-yachanû) literally mean “they set out” and “they encamped,” marking the exact transition between two geographic locations.
The thread — This station appears in Numbers 21:11, which records the same journey from Oboth to Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that Israel’s movement follows a documented, station-by-station progression rather than an unguided wander.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije–abarim, in the border of Moab.
Cross-references
- Numbers 21:11 They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.