Numbers 21:11
9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.
- KJV
- And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
- WEB
- They traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise.
- ASV
- And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
- DARBY
- And they removed from Oboth, and encamped at Ijim-Abarim, in the wilderness that is before Moab, toward the sun-rising.
- BLB
- And they set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that [is] east of Moab toward the sunrise.
- ÅB
- Så brøt de opp fra Obot og leiret seg ved Ije-Ha'abarim i ørkenen rett i øst for Moab.
- OTB
- De dro fra Obot og slo leir ved Ije-Abarim, i ørkenen som vender mot Moab mot øst.
- B1930
- Så brøt de op fra Obot og leiret sig ved Ije-Ha'abarim i ørkenen rett i øst for Moab.