Numbers 21:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

Pitched at Ije-abarim, х bª-`Iyeey-haa-`Abaariym (H5863)] - at the heaps or mounds, probably covered with ruins, of Abarim: a name descriptive generally of the highland region east and southeast of the Dead Sea. It is called simply х `Iyiym (H5864)], Iim, Numbers 33:45, and Abarim is added here perhaps to distinguish it from a town of Judah (Joshua 15:29). [The Septuagint calls it Achalgai and Gai (Numbers 33:44).]

In the wilderness, х bamidbaar (H4057)] - in the uncultivated waste х 'ªsher (H834) `al (H5921) pªneey (H6440) Mow'aab (H4124)], which is in the face of Moab - i:e., in the east, strictly southeast, border of that territory; but the exact position is not known.

Numbers 21:11

11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim,c in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.