Numbers 33:48

48 And they set out from the mountains of Ab'arim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at 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 set out from Dibon-gad, and encamped at Al'mon-diblatha'im.

47 And they set out from Al'mon-diblatha'im, and encamped in the mountains of Ab'arim, before Nebo.

48 And they set out from the mountains of Ab'arim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho;

49 they encamped by the Jordan from Beth-jes'himoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

50 And the LORD said to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho,