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 Oboth, х 'Obot (H88), waterskins; Septuagint, Oobooth]. It appears (Numbers 33:44) that this place, which was the first stage after departing from the scene of the brazen serpent, was only one march distant from the confines of Moab); but its site has not been ascertained.