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name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/21.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/21.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The Israelites traveled next to Oboth and camped there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/21.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the people of Israel set out and camped in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the Israelites set out and camped at Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now the children of Israel moved on and camped in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the sons of Israel moved out and camped in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now the sons of Israel moved out and camped in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now the sons of Israel moved out and camped in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then the sons of Israel set out and camped in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now the sons of Israel moved out and camped at Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Israelites set out and camped at Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Israelites set out and camped at Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />As the Israelites continued their journey to Canaan, they camped at Oboth, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The Israelites moved and set up camp at Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />After this, the Israelis traveled and encamped at Oboth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the Israelites set out and camped at Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The Israelites traveled on and camped in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The children of Israel traveled, and camped in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the children of Israel moved forward, and pitched in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in Oboth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the sons of Israel journey and encamp in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the sons of Israel journey, and encamp in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the sons of Israel will remove, and will encamp in Oboth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel setting forwards camped in Oboth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the sons of Israel, setting out, made camp at Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The Israelites moved on and encamped in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The Israelites set out, and camped in Oboth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Aboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the children of Israel picked up and they camped in Aboth.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the children of Israel departed, and encamped in Oboth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/21-10.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=6597" 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/21.htm">The Journey to Moab</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">Then the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5265.htm" title="5265: way·yis·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To pull out or up, set out, journey. A primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. Start on a journey.">set out</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.">and camped</a> <a href="/hebrew/88.htm" title="88: bə·’ō·ḇōṯ (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Water-skins, a place in Edom. Plural of 'owb; water-skins; Oboth, a place in the Desert.">at Oboth.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.…<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="/deuteronomy/2-1.htm">Deuteronomy 2:1-3</a></span><br />Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir. / At this time the LORD said to me, / “You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-8.htm">Deuteronomy 2:8-9</a></span><br />So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab. / Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-13.htm">Deuteronomy 2:13-14</a></span><br />“Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered. / The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-18.htm">Deuteronomy 2:18-19</a></span><br />“Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar. / But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-24.htm">Deuteronomy 2:24-25</a></span><br />“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle. / This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-31.htm">Deuteronomy 2:31-32</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.” / So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-36.htm">Deuteronomy 2:36-37</a></span><br />From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them. / But you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, or the land along the banks of the Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/12-1.htm">Joshua 12:1-3</a></span><br />Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward: / Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead, / as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/13-8.htm">Joshua 13:8-12</a></span><br />The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them: / The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon, / and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/11-18.htm">Judges 11:18-20</a></span><br />Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border. / And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’ / But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-52.htm">Psalm 78:52-55</a></span><br />He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness. / He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies. / He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/136-16.htm">Psalm 136:16-22</a></span><br />He led His people through the wilderness. His loving devotion endures forever. / He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever. / and slaughtered mighty kings—His loving devotion endures forever. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-11.htm">Isaiah 63:11-14</a></span><br />Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them, / who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown, / who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36-38</a></span><br />He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness. / This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’ / He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-17.htm">Acts 13:17-19</a></span><br />The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land. / He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness. / And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/33-43.htm">Numbers 33:43-45</a></b></br> And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/12-16.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/numbers/12-16.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/numbers/12-16.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/numbers/21-6.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/21-6.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">Journeyed</a> <a href="/numbers/16-22.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/numbers/33-44.htm">Oboth</a> <a href="/numbers/12-16.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/numbers/20-1.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">Traveled</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/21-11.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/numbers/21-12.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/numbers/21-11.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/numbers/21-17.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/21-32.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/numbers/21-11.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/numbers/21-11.htm">Journeyed</a> <a href="/numbers/21-12.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/numbers/21-11.htm">Oboth</a> <a href="/numbers/21-11.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/numbers/21-11.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/numbers/21-18.htm">Traveled</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/21-1.htm">Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/21-7.htm">They repenting are healed by a bronze serpent</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/21-10.htm">Various journeys of the Israelites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/21-21.htm">Sihon is overcome</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/21-33.htm">And Og</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/21.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/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then the Israelites set out</b><br>This phrase marks a continuation of the Israelites' journey through the wilderness. It reflects the nomadic lifestyle of the Israelites during their 40-year period of wandering after their exodus from Egypt. This journey was a result of their disobedience and lack of faith, as seen in <a href="/numbers/14-26.htm">Numbers 14:26-35</a>, where God decreed that the generation that left Egypt would not enter the Promised Land. The setting out signifies obedience to God's command to move forward, despite the challenges they faced.<p><b>and camped at Oboth.</b><br>Oboth is one of the many locations where the Israelites camped during their wilderness journey. The exact location of Oboth is not definitively known today, but it is believed to be in the region east of the Dead Sea, possibly in modern-day Jordan. This area was part of the territory of Edom, and the Israelites' journey through this region is significant as it reflects their interactions with neighboring peoples. The camping at Oboth indicates a temporary rest and a strategic pause in their journey, which was often necessary for logistical reasons such as gathering resources and maintaining the community's well-being. This stop is part of the broader narrative of the Israelites' journey to the Promised Land, illustrating their reliance on God's guidance and provision.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who are on their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/o/oboth.htm">Oboth</a></b><br>A location where the Israelites camped during their wilderness journey. The name "Oboth" is derived from the Hebrew word (Oboth), which can mean "waterskins" or "spirits," indicating a place of rest or spiritual significance.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_journey.htm">The Journey</a></b><br>This event is part of the Israelites' 40-year journey through the wilderness, a period of testing, learning, and reliance on God's provision and guidance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_guidance_in_our_journey.htm">God's Guidance in Our Journey</a></b><br>Just as God guided the Israelites, He guides us in our spiritual journey. We must trust His direction even when the path seems uncertain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_rest_and_reflection.htm">The Importance of Rest and Reflection</a></b><br>Oboth represents a place of rest. In our lives, we need to find moments to pause, reflect, and seek God's presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_the_wilderness.htm">Faithfulness in the Wilderness</a></b><br>The Israelites' journey teaches us about faithfulness during difficult times. We are called to remain faithful and obedient, trusting in God's promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_past_experiences.htm">Learning from Past Experiences</a></b><br>The Israelites' experiences in the wilderness serve as lessons for us. We should learn from our past and grow in our relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_fellowship.htm">Community and Fellowship</a></b><br>The journey of the Israelites was a communal experience. We are reminded of the importance of fellowship and supporting one another in our faith journey.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_shaving.htm">What are the Bible's teachings on shaving?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_the_ark_move_yet_stay_put.htm">Numbers 10:33-36: How does the Ark of the Covenant traveling alongside them here reconcile with other passages where the Ark seems to remain stationary?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/plague_deaths__24,000_or_23,000.htm">How many died in the plague after the Israelites' adultery with Moab's daughters: 24,000 (Numbers 25:1, 9) or 23,000 (I Corinthians 10:8)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_tent_of_meeting_for.htm">What is the purpose of the Tent of Meeting?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">And pitched in Oboth.--</span>The intermediate stations between Mount Hor and Oboth were Zalmonah and Punon (<a href="/context/numbers/33-41.htm" title="And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.">Numbers 33:41-43</a>). The former of these places is thought by some to have derived its name from the Hebrew word <span class= "ital">zelem </span>(image, or likeness), and to have been the place at which the likeness of the serpents which bit the Israelites was set up.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The children of Israel set forward</span>, and pitched in Oboth. In the list of chapter 33, there occur two other stations, Zahnonah and Phunon, between Mount Hor and Oboth. Phunon may be the Pinou of <a href="/genesis/36-41.htm">Genesis 36:41</a>, but it is a mere conjecture. All we can conclude with any certainty is that the Israelites passed round the southern end of the mountains of Edom by the Wady el Ithm, and then marched northwards along the eastern border of Edom by the route now followed between Mekba and Damascus. On this side the mountains are far less precipitous and defensible than on the other, and this circumstance must have abated the insolence of the Edomites. Moreover, they must now have seen enough of Israel to know that, while immensely formidable in number and discipline, he had no hostile designs against them. It is therefore not surprising to find from <a href="/deuteronomy/2-6.htm">Deuteronomy 2:6</a> that on this side the mountaineers supplied Israel with bread and water, just as they supply the pilgrim caravans at the present day. That they exacted payment for what they supplied was perfectly reasonable: no one could expect a poor people to feed a nation of two million souls, however nearly related, for nothing. Oboth has been identified with the modern halting-place of el-Ahsa, on the pilgrim route above mentioned, on the ground of supposed similarity in the meaning of the names; but the true rendering of Oboth is doubtful (see on Leviticus 19:31), and, apart from that, any such similarity of meaning is too vague and slight a ground for any argument to be built upon. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/21-10.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">Then the Israelites</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">set out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּסְע֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yis·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5265.htm">Strong's 5265: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and camped</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ</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">at Oboth.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאֹבֹֽת׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ō·ḇōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_88.htm">Strong's 88: </a> </span><span class="str2">Oboth -- 'water-skins', a place in Edom</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/21-10.htm">Numbers 21:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/21-10.htm">Numbers 21:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/21-10.htm">Numbers 21:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/21-10.htm">Numbers 21:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/21-10.htm">Numbers 21:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/21-10.htm">Numbers 21:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/21-10.htm">Numbers 21:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/21-10.htm">Numbers 21:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/21-10.htm">Numbers 21:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/21-10.htm">Numbers 21:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/21-10.htm">OT Law: Numbers 21:10 The children of Israel traveled and encamped (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/21-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 21:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 21:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/21-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 21:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 21:11" /></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>