Numbers 33:49

47 And they removed from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

50 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

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
And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.
KJV
And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
WEB
They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab.
ASV
And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
DARBY
And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth unto Abel-Shittim, in the plains of Moab.
BLB
And they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
ÅB
Og deres leir ved Jordan strakte seg fra Bet-Hajesimot til Abel-Hassittim på Moabs ødemarker.
OTB
På Moabs sletter slo de leir langs Jordan fra Bet Jesjimot til Abel Sjittim.
B1930
Og deres leir ved Jordan strakte sig fra Bet-Hajesimot til Abel-Hassittim på Moabs ødemarker.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Joshua 13:20

    And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,

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  • Exodus 25:5

    And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,

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  • Exodus 25:23

    Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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  • Ezekiel 25:9

    Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,

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  • Joshua 2:1

    And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

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  • Numbers 25:1–9

    And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

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  • Exodus 25:10

    And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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