“ And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. ”
The earlier stations in this part of their journey were Zalmonah and Punon Numbers 33:41-42 . Oboth was north of Punon, east of the northern part of Edom, and is pretty certainly the same as the p...
An Itinerary. This continues Numbers 21:4 (and they journeyed from Mount Hor), but the immediate place of departure in Numbers 21:10 is omitted. In Numbers 33:42 f. two stations are inserted...
children . sons.
10. And the children of Israel set forth. Moses does not here enumerate all the stations, which will be mentioned hereafter, when he recapitulates them all separately and in order: for, in h...
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
And the children of Israel set forward— From the place where the brazen serpent was erected, called Punon; chap. Numbers 33:42 where see an account of all these stations.
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. The children of Israel set forward - along the eastern frontier of the Edomites, encamping in various stations. Pitched in Obo...
The Brazen Serpent. Conquest of Bashan 1-3. The southern Canaanites repulse the Israelites, but are eventually destroyed.
And pitched in Oboth. — The intermediate stations between Mount Hor and Oboth were Zalmonah and Punon ( Numbers 33:41-43 ). The former of these places is thought by some to have derived its name fr...
THE LAST MARCH AND THE FIRST CAMPAIGN Numbers 21:1-35 IT has been suggested in a previous chapter that the repulse of the Israelites by the King of Arad took place on the occasion when, after t...
the Brazen Serpent; Journeying to Pisgah Numbers 21:1-20 It often falls to our lot to compass the land of Edom! It is bad enough to have to fight the desert tribes, but it is harder to traverse...
The movement forward of the people now brought them into the path of conflict. The way was rough and difficult and the people were discouraged. Again they felt a lusting after Egypt and spoke against...
Oboth hath an allusion to bottles or vessels; probably the people carried water from it in their vessels.
And the children of Israel set forward ,.... From Zalmonah, and came to Punon, which, according to the above writer, was twenty miles from it; though here indeed, some think, the brazen serpent was...
In Oboth Not immediately, but after two other stations, mentioned chap. 33. The valley of Zared Or rather, by the brook of Zared , which ran into the Dead sea. On the other side Or rather, on...
ATTACK AND DEFEAT OF CANAANITES (vs.1-3) The king of Arad, a Canaanite, heard that Israel was in the same vicinity from which they had sent the spies into the south of Canaan. He therefore took t...
The Removal of the Camp. B. C. 1452. 10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pi...
Not immediately, but after two other stations, mentioned Num 33 .
5). The Brazen Serpent ( Numbers 21:4-10 ). Having defeated the king of Arad Israel continued its journey from Mount Hor by ‘the way to the Reed Sea', skirting the land of Edom. As they had been...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 21:1 . King Arad the Canaanite . Rather, “the Canaanite King of Arad.” Arad was a royal city of the Canaanites ( Joshua 12:14 ), and was situated on a hill c...
Numbers 21:1 . King Arad; that is, Arad king of Arad. The way of the spies, is understood to be the route of the twelve spies sent from Kadesh-Barnea. But the LXX not understanding it so, render...
EXPOSITION THE END OF JOURNEYS , THE BEGINNING OF VICTORIES ( Numbers 21:10 Numbers 22:1 ). Numbers 21:10 The children of Israel set forward , and pitched in Oboth. In t...
And the children of Israel set forward and pitched in Oboth, somewhere on the eastern side of the Land of Seir.
Numbers 33:43-45
In Oboth — Not immediately, but after two other stations mentioned, Numbers 33:43-44 .