Numbers 21:11 (DBY)

Passage

And they removed from Oboth, and encamped at Ijim-Abarim, in the wilderness that is before Moab, toward the sun-rising.

Nearby Context

Numbers 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole; and it came to pass, if a serpent had bitten any man, and he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

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

Numbers 21:11 And they removed from Oboth, and encamped at Ijim-Abarim, in the wilderness that is before Moab, toward the sun-rising.

Numbers 21:12 From thence they removed, and encamped at the torrent Zered.

Numbers 21:13 From thence they removed, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites. For the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "removed", "oboth", "encamped", "ijim-abarim", "wilderness", "before", "moab", and "toward". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "removed" and "oboth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And the children of Israel journeyed and..." into verse 12's "From thence they removed and encamped at...", so "removed" and "oboth" 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 "removed" and "oboth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.