Numbers 21 · Verse 11

Numbers 21:11

And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije–abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
Numbers 21:11, King James Version

Numbers 21:11 in other translations

BSBThey journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.
WEBThey traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise.
ASVAnd they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
YLTAnd they journey from Oboth, and encamp in Ije-Abarim, in the wilderness that is on the front of Moab, at the rising of the sun.
DARBYAnd they removed from Oboth, and encamped at Ijim-Abarim, in the wilderness that is before Moab, toward the sun-rising.
BBEAnd journeying on again from Oboth, they put up their tents in Iye-abarim, in the waste land before Moab looking east.
WebsterAnd they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, towards the sun-rising.

What does Numbers 21:11 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 21:10-20

We have here the removes of the children of Israel, till they came to the plains of Moab, from whence they passed over Jordan into Canaan. The end of their pilgrimage was near. "They set forward." It were well if we did thus; and the nearer we come to heaven, were so much the more active and abundant in the work of the Lord. The wonderful success God granted to his people, is here spoken of, and, among the rest…

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Numbers 21:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּסְע֖וּvai.yis.'Uand they set outH5265
מֵאֹבֹ֑תme.'o.Votfrom ObothH88
וַֽיַּחֲנ֞וּvai.ya.cha.Nuand they encampedH2583
בְּעִיֵּ֣יbe.'i.Yeiat IyeH5863
הָֽעֲבָרִ֗יםha.'a.va.Rim<the> AbarimH5863
בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ba.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH834
עַל\־'al-[is] onH5921
פְּנֵ֣יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440
מוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvMoabH4124
מִמִּזְרַ֖חmi.miz.Rachfrom [the] rising ofH4217
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ\׃ha.Sha.meshthe sunH8121

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Oboth.Probably Oboda, a city of Arabia Petræa, mentioned by Ptolemy. Pliny assigns it to the Helmodians; but Stephanus to the Nabatheans.
Ije-abarim. or, heaps of Abarim.
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Context

  • Numbers 21:10

    And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.

  • Numbers 21:11

    And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije–abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

  • Numbers 21:12

    From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.

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Numbers 21:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y partidos de Oboth, asentaron en Ije-abarim, en el desierto que está delante de Moab, al nacimiento del sol.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils partirent d’Oboth, et campèrent à Ijim-Abarim, dans le désert qui est vis-à-vis de Moab, vers le soleil levant.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie brachen auf von Oboth und lagerten sich zu Ijje-Abarim, in der Wüste, die vor Moab gegen Sonnenaufgang ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Unde egressi fixere tentoria in Jeabarim, in solitudine quæ respicit Moab contra orientalem plagam.