Numbers 33:47

Study note

Setting — The narrator records Israel's camp locations during the wilderness journey, noting their departure from Almon-diblathaim and subsequent encampment in the mountains of Abarim opposite Nebo. This follows their previous stop at Dibon-gad and precedes their move to the plains of Moab by the Jordan.

The words — The text uses וַיֵּסְעוּ (va.yise'u) for "they set out" and וַיַּחֲנוּ (va.yachanu) for "they encamped," marking discrete movements in the pilgrimage route. These verbs frame the geographical progression from Almon-diblathaim to the Abarim mountains facing Nebo.

The thread — This geographic marker connects to Moses' later command to ascend the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo to view the Promised land (Deuteronomy 32:49; Numbers 27:12). The same region is noted as overlooking the wasteland from Pisgah (Numbers 21:20).

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to track Israel's precise movements toward the Jordan frontier. It establishes the geographical endpoint of the wilderness wanderings before the conquest begins.

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