Numbers 33:49

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

Numbers 33:49 in Other Translations

49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.

49 they camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

49 Along the Jordan River they camped from Beth-jeshimoth as far as the meadows of Acacia on the plains of Moab.

49 On the Plains of Moab their camp stretched along the banks of the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim (Acacia Meadow).

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

Numbers 33:49 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 33:49

And they pitched by Jordan from Bethjesimoth, [even] unto
Abelshittim, in the plains of Moab.
] Their camp reached twelve miles, as the Jews commonly say, which we may suppose was the distance of these two places, which were both in the plains of Moab; and the Jerusalem Targum is express for it, for mentioning Israel's encampment from Bethjesimoth to Abelshittim, it asks, how far is that? twelve miles: the latter is sometimes called Shittim, from the shittim wood which grew there, ( Numbers 25:1 ) and here it has the addition of Abel to it, to signify mourning, from the mourning of the children of Israel on account of the plague, in which 24,000 persons died, ( Numbers 25:1 Numbers 25:6 Numbers 25:9 ) .

Numbers 33:49 In-Context

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,

51 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 12:3; Joshua 13:20; Ezekiel 25:9
• 2. S Numbers 21:16; Numbers 25:1