Numbers 21:12 (GNV)

Passage

They remoued thence, and pitched vpon the riuer of Zared.

Nearby Context

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.

Numbers 21:13 Thence they departed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wildernesse, and commeth out of the coasts of the Amorites: (for Arnon is the border of Moab, betweene the Moabites and the Amorites)

Numbers 21:14 Wherefore it shall be spoken in the booke of the battels of the Lord, what thing he did in the red sea, and in the riuers of Arnon,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "remoued", "thence", "pitched", "vpon", "riuer", and "zared". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "remoued" and "thence", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And they departed from Oboth and pitched..." into verse 13's "Thence they departed and pitched on the...", so "remoued" and "thence" 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 "remoued" and "thence" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.