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,
Read in contextExodus 25:5
And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
Read in contextExodus 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.
Read in contextEzekiel 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,
Read in contextJoshua 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.
Read in contextNumbers 25:1–9
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
Read in contextExodus 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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