The Journey to Moab

10 Then the Israelites set out and camped at Oboth. 11 They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east. 12 From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered. 13 From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory.

Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites. 14 Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD

“Waheb in Suphah

and the wadis of the Arnon,

15 even the slopes of the wadis

that extend to the site of Ar

and lie along the border of Moab.”

16 From there [they went on] to Beer,[fn] the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.” 17 Then Israel sang this song:

“Spring up, O well,

all of you sing to it!

18 The princes dug the well;

the nobles of the people hollowed it out

with their scepters

and with their staffs.”

From the wilderness [the Israelites went on] to Mattanah, 19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, 20 and from Bamoth to the valley [in] Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.[fn]