Study it in the app“Then he went through the wilderness and went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came from the rising of the sun to the land of Moab, and they camped beyond the Arnon; and they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.”
Then he wentוַיֵּלֶךְthrough the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרand went aroundוַיָּסָבthe landאֶת אֶרֶץof Edomאֱדוֹםand the landוְאֶת אֶרֶץof Moab,מוֹאָבand cameוַיָּבֹאfrom the risingמִמִּזְרַחof the sunשֶׁמֶשׁto the landלְאֶרֶץof Moab,מוֹאָבand they campedוַיַּחֲנוּןbeyondבְּעֵבֶרthe Arnon;אַרְנוֹןand they did notוְלֹאenterבָאוּthe territoryבִּגְבוּלof Moab,מוֹאָבforכִּיthe Arnonאַרְנוֹןwas the borderגְּבוּלof Moab.מוֹאָב
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsgo around
To follow a road that circles instead of going straight.
Where else “yasav” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEdom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearseast
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appearseast
The side from which the sun rises each morning; the east.
Where else “shemesh” appearsencamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appearsbeyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appearsArnon
Arnon, a river east of the Jordan that marked the border of Moab. The name means "roaring stream."
Where else “arnon” appearsterritory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears1Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
2Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
17Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Let me pass, please, through your land,’ but the king of Edom did not listen. He sent also to the king of Moab, but he was not willing. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.
18 · This verse (above)
19Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, ‘Let us pass, please, through your land to my place.’
