Numbers 21:10–20 — Going around Edom via Moav

OET-RV by section NUM 21:10

This OET Readers’ Version was designed to be used with the Literal Version alongside, so you won’t get the best understanding from this single viewpoint. This is still an early look into the drafted text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.

21:10 Going around Edom via Moav

10 Then the Israelis set off and camped at Ovot. 11 When they left Ovot, they camped at Iyey-Ha’avarim in the wilderness near Moav’s (Moab’s) eastern border. 12 From there they set off and camped by the Zered riverbed, 13 before moving on and camping at the north side of the Arnon river, in the wilderness that extends from the Amori border. (The Arnon is the border between Moav and the Amorim. 14 That’s why it says in the book about Yahweh’s battles:

“Vahev in Sufah, and the riverbeds there, and the Arnon River

15 and the sloping valleys there,

that extend to Ar village along Moav’s border.”)

16 From there they went to the well at Be’er (which means ‘Well’), where Yahweh told Mosheh (Moses), “Gather the people, and I’ll give them water.” 17 That’s where the Israelis sang this song:

“Come on, well,

sing for this well.

18 the well dug by the leaders,

≈ the top citizens dug it out.

with their sceptres and their staffs.”

From that wilderness, the people went on to Matanah, 19 then through Nahaliel and on to Bamot 20 and from there to the valley in the Moav (Moab) countryside where Mt. Pisgah rises above the desert.