Numbers 33 · Verse 48

Numbers 33:48

And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Numbers 33:48, King James Version

Numbers 33:48 in other translations

BSBThey set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
WEBThey traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
ASVAnd they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
YLTand they journey from the mountains of Abarim, and encamp in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho.
DARBYAnd they removed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho.
BBEAnd they went on from the mountains of Abarim, and put up their tents in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho;
WebsterAnd they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

What does Numbers 33:48 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 48 The Plains of Moab - This was the scene of the transactions between Balaam and Balak; see Numbers 23, 24, 25. Stat. 42.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 33:1-49

This is a brief review of the travels of the children of Israel through the wilderness. It is a memorable history. In their travels towards Canaan they were continually on the remove. Such is our state in this world; we have here no continuing city, and all our removes in this world are but from one part a desert to another. They were led to and fro, forward and backward, yet were all the while under the direction…

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Numbers 33:48 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
מֵהָרֵ֣יme.ha.Reifrom [the] mountains ofH2022
הָעֲבָרִ֑יםha.'a.va.Rimthe AbarimH5682
וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙vai.ya.cha.Nuand they encampedH2583
בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣תbe.'ar.Votin [the] plains ofH6160
מוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvMoabH4124
עַ֖ל'alatH5921
יַרְדֵּ֥ןyar.Den[the] JordanH3383
יְרֵחֽוֹ\׃ye.re.Choof JerichoH3405

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

Cross references for Numbers 33:48

  • Numbers 22:1

    And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

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in the plains.
22:1

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Context

  • Numbers 33:47

    And they removed from Almon–diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

  • Numbers 33:48

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

  • Numbers 33:49

    And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth–jesimoth even unto Abel–shittim in the plains of Moab.

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Numbers 33:48 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y partidos de los montes de Abarim, asentaron en los campos de Moab, junto al Jordán de Jericó.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils partirent des montagnes d’Abarim, et campèrent dans les plaines de Moab, près du Jourdain de Jéricho;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie brachen auf vom Gebirge Abarim und lagerten sich in den Ebenen Moabs, am Jordan von Jericho.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Profectique de montibus Abarim, transierunt ad campestria Moab, supra Jordanem, contra Jericho.