Numbers 33:48

48 They left the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

Numbers 33:48 in Other Translations

48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

48 And they set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho;

48 They left the mountains east of the river and camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.

48 After they left the mountains of Abarim they camped on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho.

48 They departed from the Abarim [range] and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] 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 left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim.

47 They left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, near Nebo.

48 They left the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

49 There on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim.

50 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho the LORD said to Moses,

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 27:12
• 2. S Numbers 26:3
• 3. S Genesis 13:10
• 4. Numbers 22:1; Joshua 12:9