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They campedוַיַּחֲנוּbyעַלthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןfrom Beth-jeshimothמִבֵּית הַיְשִׁמֹתas far asעַדAbel-shittim,אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּיםin the plainsבְּעַרְבֹתof Moab.מוֹאָב
Numbers 33:49
Study it in the app“They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim, in the plains of Moab.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 33:49, word by word
- They campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- from Beth-jeshimothבֵּיתbet
Beth-jeshimoth
Beth-jeshimoth, a place in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan. The name means "house of the wastelands."
Where else “bet” appears- Abel-shittimאָבֵלavel
Abel-shittim
Abel-shittim, a place in the plains of Moab where Israel camped. The name means "meadow of the acacias."
Where else “avel” appears- in the plainsעַרְבֹתarvot
plain
Flat, dry land, where there is almost no water.
Where else “arvot” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
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Places in this verse
1Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
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).
The context
48They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.
49 · This verse (above)
50YHWH spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,