Numbers 21:10 (ASV)

Passage

And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth.

Nearby Context

Numbers 21:8 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.

Numbers 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.

Numbers 21:10 And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth.

Numbers 21:11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

Numbers 21:12 From thence they journeyed, and encamped in the valley of Zered.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "children", "israel", "journeyed", "encamped", and "oboth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "children" and "israel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And Moses made a serpent of brass..." into verse 11's "And they journeyed from Oboth and encamped...", so "children" and "israel" belong inside that flow. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "children" and "israel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.