Numbers 33:48

48 They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the desert-plateau of Moab by the Jordan [across] 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 They set out from Dibon Gad and camped at Almon-Diblatayim.

47 They set out from Almon-Diblatayim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

48 They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the desert-plateau of Moab by the Jordan [across] Jericho.

49 They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-Jeshimoth up to Abel Shittim, on the desert-plateau of Moab.

50 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses on the desert-plateau of Moab by [the] Jordan [across] Jericho, saying,