Numbers 21:10 (GNV)

Passage

And ye children of Israel departed thence, and pitched in Oboth.

Nearby Context

Numbers 21:8 And the Lord said vnto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it vp for a signe, that as many as are bitten, may looke vpon it, and liue.

Numbers 21:9 So Moses made a serpent of brasse, and set it vp for a signe: and when a serpent had bitten a man, then he looked to the serpent of brasse, and liued.

Numbers 21:10 And ye children of Israel departed thence, and pitched in Oboth.

Numbers 21:11 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in lie-abarim, in the wildernesse, which is before Moab on the Eastside.

Numbers 21:12 They remoued thence, and pitched vpon the riuer of Zared.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "children", "israel", "departed", "thence", "pitched", 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 "So Moses made a serpent of brasse..." into verse 11's "And they departed from Oboth and pitched...", 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.