Numbers 33:48

48 They journeyed from the mountains of `Avarimen, and encamped in the plains of Mo'av by the Yarden at Yericho.

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 journeyed from Divon-Gad, and encamped in `Almon at Divlatayim.

47 They journeyed from `Almon at Divlatayim, and encamped in the mountains of `Avarimen, before Nevo.

48 They journeyed from the mountains of `Avarimen, and encamped in the plains of Mo'av by the Yarden at Yericho.

49 They encamped by the Yarden, from Beit-Hayshimot even to Avel-Hashshittim in the plains of Mo'av.

50 The LORD spoke to Moshe in the plains of Mo'av by the Yarden at Yericho, saying,