Numbers 33:48

48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped on the west of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho.

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 And they departed from Daebon Gad, and encamped in Gelmon Deblathaim.

47 And they departed from Gelmon Deblathaim, and encamped on the mountains of Abarim, over against Nabau.

48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped on the west of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho.

49 And they encamped by Jordan between Aesimoth, as far as Belsa to the west of Moab.

50 And the Lord spoke to Moses at the west of Moab by Jordan at Jericho, saying,