Numbers 22:1
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
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
- 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
And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Read in contextNumbers 32:19
For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
Read in contextJoshua 3:16
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Read in contextNumbers 21:20
And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 34:1
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 34:8
And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 1:5
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 3:8
And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
Read in context