Numbers 21:11 (KJV)

Passage

And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

Nearby Context

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

Numbers 21:10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.

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

Numbers 21:12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.

Numbers 21:13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "journeyed", "oboth", "pitched", "ijeabarim", "wilderness", "before", "moab", and "toward". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "journeyed" 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 set forward..." into verse 12's "From thence they removed and pitched in...", so "journeyed" 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 "journeyed" and "oboth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.