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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/33.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/33.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />There on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/33.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Along the Jordan River they camped from Beth-jeshimoth as far as the meadows of Acacia on the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/33.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />they camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/33.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/33.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth <i>even</i> unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/33.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They camped by the Jordan, from Beth Jesimoth as far as the Abel Acacia Grove in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/33.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim, in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/33.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/33.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/33.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/33.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/33.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to the Acacia Meadow on the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/33.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to the Acacia Meadow on the plains of Moab. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/33.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/33.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Their camp stretched from Beth-Jeshimoth to Acacia. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/33.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/33.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They set up camp on the plains of Moab along the Jordan. Their camp extended from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/33.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They rested by the Jordan River in the area from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/33.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/33.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/33.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They camped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/33.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they encamped by Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even to Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/33.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/33.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they encamp by the Jordan, from Beth-Jeshimoth as far as Abel-Shittim in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/33.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they encamp by the Jordan from Beth-Jeshimoth, unto Abel-Shittim, in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/33.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will encamp by Jordan, from the house of Jesimoth, to the meadow of acacias in the desert of Moab.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/33.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And there they camped from Bethsi moth even to Ablesatim in the plains of the Moabites, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/33.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they made camp there, from Beth-jeshimoth all the way to Abel-shittim, in the level places of the Moabites,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/33.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They camped by the Jordan on the plains of Moab extended from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/33.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />they camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/33.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they encamped by the Jordan from Beth-ashimon as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/33.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they camped on the Jordan from Bayth Ashimun and unto Abal of Satim that is in the plain of Moab.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/33.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they pitched by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/33.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they encamped by Jordan between Aesimoth, as far as Belsa to the west of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/33-49.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=10446" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/33.htm">The Forty-Two Journeys of the Israelites</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">48</span>They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. <span class="reftext">49</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6160.htm" title="6160: bə·‘ar·ḇōṯ (Prep-b:: N-fpc) -- From arab; a desert; especially the sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea.">And there on the plains</a> <a href="/hebrew/4124.htm" title="4124: mō·w·’āḇ (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Lot, also his desc. and the territory where they settled. ">of Moab</a> <a href="/hebrew/2583.htm" title="2583: way·ya·ḥă·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline; by implication, to decline; specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. To encamp.">they camped</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/3383.htm" title="3383: hay·yar·dên (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- The principal river of Pal. From yarad; a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine.">the Jordan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1020.htm" title="1020: mib·bêṯ (Prep) -- From bayith and the plural of yshiymah with the article interposed; house of the deserts; Beth-ha-Jeshimoth, a town East of the Jordan."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1020.htm" title="1020: hay·ši·mōṯ (Prep:: N-proper-fs) -- From bayith and the plural of yshiymah with the article interposed; house of the deserts; Beth-ha-Jeshimoth, a town East of the Jordan.">from Beth-jeshimoth</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/63.htm" title="63: ’ā·ḇêlFrom 'abel and the plural of shittah, with the article inserted; meadow of the acacias; Abel hash- Shittim, a place in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/63.htm" title="63: haš·šiṭ·ṭîm (N-proper-fs) -- From 'abel and the plural of shittah, with the article inserted; meadow of the acacias; Abel hash- Shittim, a place in Palestine.">Abel-shittim.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/3-16.htm">Joshua 3:16</a></span><br />the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/4-19.htm">Joshua 4:19</a></span><br />On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/34-1.htm">Deuteronomy 34:1-4</a></span><br />Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan, / all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, / the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/13-10.htm">Genesis 13:10</a></span><br />And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/47-18.htm">Ezekiel 47:18</a></span><br />On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-46.htm">1 Kings 7:46</a></span><br />The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-5.htm">2 Kings 25:5</a></span><br />but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/39-5.htm">Jeremiah 39:5</a></span><br />But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/52-8.htm">Jeremiah 52:8</a></span><br />but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/48-28.htm">Ezekiel 48:28</a></span><br />The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-5.htm">Matthew 3:5-6</a></span><br />People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan. / Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-5.htm">Mark 1:5</a></span><br />People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-28.htm">John 1:28</a></span><br />All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Acts 13:19</a></span><br />And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-29.htm">Hebrews 11:29</a></span><br />By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even to Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.</p><p class="hdg">Beth-jesimoth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/13-20.htm">Joshua 13:20</a></b></br> And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/25-9.htm">Ezekiel 25:9</a></b></br> Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities <i>which are</i> on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim,</p><p class="hdg">Abel-shittim.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1-9</a></b></br> And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/25-5.htm">Exodus 25:5,10,23</a></b></br> And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/2-1.htm">Joshua 2:1</a></b></br> And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/50-11.htm">Abel</a> <a href="/numbers/32-36.htm">Beth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-9.htm">Beth-Jeshimoth</a> <a href="/numbers/33-48.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/numbers/33-48.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/numbers/33-48.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-9.htm">Jeshimoth</a> <a href="/numbers/33-48.htm">Jordan</a> <a href="/numbers/33-48.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/numbers/33-48.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/numbers/33-48.htm">Plains</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-5.htm">Planting</a> <a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Shittim</a> <a href="/numbers/32-32.htm">Side</a> <a href="/numbers/33-48.htm">Tents</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/7-22.htm">Abel</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-29.htm">Beth</a> <a href="/joshua/12-3.htm">Beth-Jeshimoth</a> <a href="/joshua/3-1.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-33.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-9.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/joshua/12-3.htm">Jeshimoth</a> <a href="/numbers/33-50.htm">Jordan</a> <a href="/numbers/33-50.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/joshua/8-11.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/numbers/33-50.htm">Plains</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-11.htm">Planting</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-3.htm">Shittim</a> <a href="/numbers/34-3.htm">Side</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-27.htm">Tents</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 33</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/33-1.htm">The forty-two journeys of the Israelites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">50. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/33-50.htm">The Canaanites are to be destroyed</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/33.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/33.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And there on the plains of Moab</b><br>The plains of Moab refer to the flatlands east of the Jordan River, opposite Jericho. This area was significant as the final encampment of the Israelites before entering the Promised Land. Moab was a region inhabited by the Moabites, descendants of Lot. The Israelites' presence here marks the end of their 40-year wilderness journey, highlighting God's faithfulness in bringing them to the brink of the land He promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<p><b>they camped by the Jordan</b><br>Camping by the Jordan River signifies the Israelites' proximity to the Promised Land, as the Jordan was the natural boundary they needed to cross. This location is pivotal in the narrative of Israel's history, as it sets the stage for the miraculous crossing of the Jordan under Joshua's leadership (Joshua 3). The Jordan River is also symbolically significant in the New Testament, where it is the site of Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist, marking the beginning of His public ministry.<p><b>from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim</b><br>Beth-jeshimoth, meaning "house of desolation," was located near the northeastern shore of the Dead Sea. It served as a boundary marker for the Israelites' encampment. Abel-shittim, meaning "meadow of the acacias," was situated further north in the plains of Moab. This area is associated with the final encampment of the Israelites before crossing the Jordan. The mention of these locations underscores the vastness of the Israelite camp and the strategic positioning before entering Canaan. Abel-shittim is also notable as the place where the Israelites fell into sin with the Moabite women, leading to God's judgment (Numbers 25), highlighting the ongoing struggle between faithfulness and temptation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who have been journeying through the wilderness for 40 years, now on the brink of entering the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/beth-jeshimoth.htm">Beth-jeshimoth</a></b><br>A location near the northeastern shore of the Dead Sea, meaning "House of Desolation," indicating a place of transition from wilderness to promise.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/abel-shittim.htm">Abel-shittim</a></b><br>A place in the plains of Moab, meaning "Meadow of the Acacias," symbolizing a place of preparation and anticipation before crossing into Canaan.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_jordan_river.htm">The Jordan River</a></b><br>A significant geographical and spiritual boundary for the Israelites, representing the transition from the wilderness wanderings to the inheritance of the Promised Land.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_plains_of_moab.htm">The Plains of Moab</a></b><br>The final encampment area for the Israelites before entering Canaan, a place of both reflection on past journeys and preparation for future conquest.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_promise.htm">Preparation for Promise</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites camped in anticipation of entering the Promised Land, we must prepare our hearts and lives for the promises God has for us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_on_the_journey.htm">Reflecting on the Journey</a></b><br>The encampment at the plains of Moab serves as a reminder to reflect on God's faithfulness throughout our life's journey, recognizing His guidance and provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/transition_and_trust.htm">Transition and Trust</a></b><br>Crossing the Jordan symbolizes a step of faith. We are often called to trust God in transitions, leaving behind the familiar to embrace His promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_unity.htm">Community and Unity</a></b><br>The Israelites camped together as a community, emphasizing the importance of unity and support within the body of Christ as we journey towards God's promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_faithfulness.htm">Obedience and Faithfulness</a></b><br>The Israelites' obedience in following God's instructions to camp and prepare highlights the importance of faithfulness in our walk with God.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/33.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(49) <span class= "bld">Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim . . . --</span>See <a href="/numbers/22-1.htm" title="And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.">Numbers 22:1</a>, and Note, and <a href="/numbers/25-1.htm" title="And Israel stayed in Shittim, and the people began to commit prostitution with the daughters of Moab.">Numbers 25:1</a>, where Abel-shittim is mentioned as Shittim.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/33.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 49.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">From Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim.</span> Beth-jesimoth, "house of the wastes," must have been very near the point where Jordan empties itself into the Dead Sea, on the verge of the salt desert which bounds that sea on the east. It formed the boundary of Sihon's kingdom at the south-west corner. Abel-shittim, "meadow of acacias," is better known by the abbreviated name "Shittim" (<a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1</a>; <a href="/micah/6-5.htm">Micah 6:5</a>). Its exact site cannot be recovered, but the Talmud states that it was twelve miles north of the Jordan mouth. Probably the center of the camp was opposite to the great fords, and the road leading to Jericho. <span class="ref_word">NOTE ON THE TWO LISTS OF STATIONS BETWEEN EGYPT AND THE JORDAN.</span> There can be no question that the chief interest of the Itinerary here given is due to its literary character as a document containing elements at least of extreme and unquestioned antiquity. At the same time it is a matter of some importance to compare it with the history as given at large in Exodus and Numbers, and to note carefully the points of contact and divergence. It is evident at first sight that no pains have been taken to make the two lists of stages agree, each list containing several names which the other lacks, and (in some cases) each having a name of its own for what appears to be the same place. With respect to the latter point, the explanation usually given seems quite natural and satisfactory: the names were in many cases given by the Israelites themselves, and in others were derived from some small local peculiarity, or belonged to insignificant hamlets, so that the same encampment may very well have received one name in the official record of the movements of the tabernacle, and retained another in the popular recollection of the march. With respect to the former point, it may fairly be argued that the narrative only records as a rule the names of places where something memorable occurred, and indeed does not always mention the place even then, while the Itinerary is simply concerned with the consecutive encampments as such. It would be more correct to say that the narrative is essentially fragmentary, and does not purport to record more than certain incidents of the wanderings. We have, therefore, no difficulty in understanding why the Itinerary gives us the names of three stations between Egypt and Mount Sinai not mentioned in Exodus. There is much more difficulty with the ensuing notices, because the name of Kadesh only occurs once in the list, whereas it is absolutely necessary, in order to bring the narrative into any chronological sequence, to assume (what the narrative itself pretty clearly intimates) that there were two encampments at Kadesh, separated by an interval of more than thirty-eight years. It has accordingly been very generally agreed that the Rithmah of the Itinerary is identical with the nameless station "in the wilderness of Paran," afterwards called Kadesh in the narrative. This is of course an assumption which has only probabilities to support it, but it may fairly be said that there is nothing against it. The <span class="accented">retem</span>, or broom, is so common that it must have given a name to many different spots - a name too common, and possessing too few associations, to stand its ground in popular remembrance against any rival name (see note on verse 18). It has been argued by some that the whole of the twenty-one stages enumerated in verses 16-35 were made on the one journey from Sinai to Kadesh; and as far as the mere number goes there is nothing improbable in the supposition; the "eleven days" of <a href="/deuteronomy/1-2.htm">Deuteronomy 1:2</a> are no doubt the days of ordinary travelers, not of women and children, flocks and herds. It is true that the supposition is commonly connected with a theory which throws the whole historical narrative into confusion, viz., that Israel spent only two years instead of forty in the wilderness; but that need not cause its <span class="accented">rejection</span>, for the whole thirty-eight may be intercalated between verse 36 and verse 37 of the Itinerary, and we could explain a total silence concerning the wanderings of those years better than we can the mention of (only) seventeen stations. The only serious difficulty is presented by the name Ezion-geber, which it is very difficult not to identify with the place of that name, so well known afterwards, at the head of the Elanitic Gulf; for it is impossible to find the last stage towards Kadesh at a spot as near to Sinai as to any of the supposed sites of Kadesh. It is of course possible that more than one place was known as the "giant's backbone;" but, on the other hand, the fact that at Moseroth Israel was near Mount Hor, and that they made five marches thence to Ezion-geber, is quite in accordance with the site usually assigned to it. It must remain, therefore, an unsettled point as to which nothing more can be said than that a balance of probabilities is in favour of the identification of Rithmah with the first encampment at Kadesh. Proceeding on this assumption, we have thereafter eleven names of stations concerning which nothing is known, and nothing can be with any profit conjectured. Then come four others which are evidently the same as those mentioned in <a href="/deuteronomy/10-6.htm">Deuteronomy 10:6, 7</a>. That this latter passage is a fragment which has come into its present position (humanly speaking) by some accident of transcription does not admit of serious debate; but it is evidently a fragment of some ancient document, possibly of the very Itinerary of which we have only an abbreviation here. Comparing the two, we are met at once with the difficulty that Aaron is said to have died and been buried at Moserah, whereas, according to the narrative and the Itinerary, he died on Mount Hor during the last journey from Kadesh. This is not unnaturally explained by assuming that the official name of the encampment under, or opposite to, Mount Hor, from which Aaron ascended the mountain to die, was Moserah or Moseroth, and that the Israelites were twice encamped there - once on their way to Ezion-geber and back to Kadesh, and again on the last march round Edom, to which the fragment in Deuteronomy refers. There remain, however, unexplained the singular facts - <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> That the station where Aaron died is called Moserah in <a href="/deuteronomy/10-6.htm">Deuteronomy 10:6</a>, whereas it is called Mount Hor not only in the narrative, but in the Itinerary, which nevertheless does give the name Moseroth to this very station when occupied on a previous occasion. <p><span class="Text_Heading">2.</span> That the fragment gives Bene-Jaakan, Moseroth, Gudgod, and Jotbath as stages on the last journey, whereas the Itinerary gives them (the order of the first two being inverted) as stages on a previous journey, and gives other names for the encampments of the last journey. There is no doubt room for all four, and more besides, between Mount Hor and Oboth; but it cannot be denied that there is an appearance of error either in the fragment or in the Itinerary. A further objection has been made to the statement that Israel marched from Ezion-geber to Kadesh, both on the score of distance and of the apparent absurdity of returning to Kadesh only to retrace their steps once more. It is replied <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> that the return to Kadesh for the final move may have been hurried, and no regular encampment pitched; . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/33-49.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And there on the plains</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעַֽרְבֹ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘ar·ḇōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6160.htm">Strong's 6160: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arabah -- a steppe or desert plain, also a desert valley running south from the Sea of Galilee</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Moab</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹאָֽב׃</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·’āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4124.htm">Strong's 4124: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they camped</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּחֲנ֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·ḥă·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2583.htm">Strong's 2583: </a> </span><span class="str2">To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Jordan,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיַּרְדֵּן֙</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yar·dên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3383.htm">Strong's 3383: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבֵּ֣ית</span> <span class="translit">(mib·bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">Beth-jeshimoth</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיְשִׁמֹ֔ת</span> <span class="translit">(hay·ši·mōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1020.htm">Strong's 1020: </a> </span><span class="str2">Beth-jeshimoth -- 'place of the desert', a place East of the Jordan in Moab</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the plains of Moab.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשִּׁטִּ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šiṭ·ṭîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_63.htm">Strong's 63: </a> </span><span class="str2">Abel-shittim -- a place in the lowlands of Moab</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/33-49.htm">Numbers 33:49 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/33-49.htm">Numbers 33:49 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/33-49.htm">Numbers 33:49 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/33-49.htm">Numbers 33:49 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/33-49.htm">Numbers 33:49 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/33-49.htm">Numbers 33:49 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/33-49.htm">Numbers 33:49 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/33-49.htm">Numbers 33:49 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/33-49.htm">Numbers 33:49 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/33-49.htm">Numbers 33:49 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/33-49.htm">OT Law: Numbers 33:49 They encamped by the Jordan from Beth (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/33-48.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 33:48"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 33:48" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/33-50.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 33:50"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 33:50" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>