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Numbers 21:10–11

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The Approach to Moab

21:1019 The Israelites traveled on and camped in Oboth. 21:11Then they traveled on from Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim,20 in the wilderness that is before Moab, on the eastern side.21

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Footnotes

  1. 19 See further D. L. Christensen, “Numbers 21:14–15 and the Book of the Wars of Yahweh,” 36 (1974): 359–60; G. W. Coats, “The Wilderness Itinerary,” 34 (1972): 135–52; G. I. Davies, “The Wilderness Itinerary,” 25 (1974): 46–81; idem, The Way of the Wilderness; G. E. Mendenhall, “The Hebrew Conquest of Palestine,” 25 (1962): 66–87.
  2. 20 These places are uncertain. Oboth may be some 15 miles (25 km) from the south end of the Dead Sea at a place called ‘Ain el-Weiba. Iye Abarim may be the modern Mahay at the southeastern corner of Moab. See J. Simons, The Geographical and Topographical Texts of the Old Testament.
  3. 21 Heb “the rising of the sun.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the people of Israel set out and camped in Oboth. And they set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that is opposite Moab, toward the sunrise.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth. Then they set out from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim, in the wilderness that faces Moab toward the sunrise.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Israelites set out and camped at Oboth. They set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness that borders Moab on the east.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Israelites traveled next to Oboth and camped there. Then they went on to Iye-abarim, in the wilderness on the eastern border of Moab.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The Israelites set out and encamped at Oboth. They set out from Oboth and encamped at Iye Abarim in the desert, which was in front of Moab toward the sunrise.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.