Numbers 21:11 (LSB)

Passage

They then set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness which is opposite Moab, east toward the sunrise.

Nearby Context

Numbers 21:9 And Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on the standard; and it happened, that if a serpent bit any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived.

Numbers 21:10 Then the sons of Israel set out and camped in Oboth.

Numbers 21:11 They then set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness which is opposite Moab, east toward the sunrise.

Numbers 21:12 From there they set out and camped in Wadi Zered.

Numbers 21:13 From there they set out and camped 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 "oboth", "camped", "iye-abarim", "wilderness", "opposite", "moab", "east", and "toward". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "oboth" and "camped", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Then the sons of Israel set out..." into verse 12's "From there they set out and camped...", so "oboth" and "camped" 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 "oboth" and "camped" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.