Numbers 22:1
Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
2 Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,
3 and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.
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- BSB
- Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
- KJV
- And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
- WEB
- The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
- ASV
- And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
- DARBY
- And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab on the other side of the Jordan from Jericho.
- BLB
- And the sons of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab across the Jordan [from] Jericho.
- ÅB
- Så brøt Israels barn opp og leiret seg på Moabs ødemarker på andre siden av Jordan midt imot Jeriko.
- OTB
- Israelittene dro til Moabs sletter og slo leir ved Jordan, rett overfor Jeriko.
- B1930
- Så brøt Israels barn op og leiret sig på Moabs ødemarker på hin side Jordan midt imot Jeriko.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 33:48–50
They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
Read in contextNumbers 32:19
Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”
Read in contextJoshua 3:16
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.
Read in contextNumbers 21:20
and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 34:1
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,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 34:8
The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 1:5
On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 3:8
At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—
Read in context