And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
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Interpretation
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.
Glossary
- Oboth Place
- Biblical campsite. Modern identification: Ein Weibeh.
- Iye-abarim Place
- Ruins. (1. ) A city in the south of Judah ( Josh. 15:29 ). (2. ) One of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness ( Num. 33:45 ). Modern identification: Medeineh.
- Moab Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Kerak.