Numbers 33:48

48 They departed from the Abarim [range] and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] Jericho.^[a]

Numbers 33:48 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 33:48

And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in
the plains of Moab
Sixteen miles from Abarim, where all those things were transacted, which make the history of Balak and Balaam, ( Numbers 22:1-25:18 ) and where the Israelites now were by Jordan near Jericho; not on that side Jordan where Jericho stood, but on the other; Jericho, according to Eusebius, was ten miles from Bethjesimoth, where Israel now were, as follows.

Numbers 33:48 In-Context

46 They departed from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

47 They departed from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the Abarim [range] facing Nebo.

48 They departed from the Abarim [range] and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] Jericho.

49 They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to Acacia Meadows on the plains of Moab.

50 The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] Jericho,

Footnotes

• [a]. Nm 22:1