Numbers 33:45-49

45 They left Iye Abarim and camped at Dibon Gad.
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.

Numbers 33:45-49 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 33

This chapter gives an account of the journeys of the people of Israel, from their first coming out of Egypt, to their arrival in the plains of Moab by Jordan, and the names of the various stations where they rested are given, Nu 33:1-49 and they are ordered, when they passed over Jordan, to drive out the Canaanites, destroy their idols, and divide the land among their families in their several tribes, Nu 33:50-54 or otherwise it is threatened the Canaanites should be troublesome and vexatious to them, even those that remained; and it might be expected God would do to the Israelites as he thought to do to those nations, Nu 33:55,56.

Cross References 8

  • 1. Numbers 27:12
  • 2. Numbers 32:3
  • 3. Numbers 27:12
  • 4. S Numbers 26:3
  • 5. S Genesis 13:10
  • 6. Numbers 22:1; Joshua 12:9
  • 7. Joshua 12:3; Joshua 13:20; Ezekiel 25:9
  • 8. S Numbers 21:16; Numbers 25:1
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