The Meaning of Numbers 33:44 Explained

Numbers 33:44

KJV: And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab.

YLT: and they journey from Oboth, and encamp in Ije-Abarim, in the border of Moab.

Darby: And they removed from Oboth, and encamped in Ijim-Abarim, in the border of Moab.

ASV: And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped in Iye-abarim, in the border of Moab.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they departed  from Oboth,  and pitched  in Ijeabarim,  in the border  of Moab. 

What does Numbers 33:44 Mean?

Study Notes

Ijeabarim
i.e. the ruins of Abarim.

Context Summary

Numbers 33:38-56 - No Compromise With Idolatry
Aaron's death must have been deeply felt by his brother Moses. During the great crisis of Hebrew history they had been so closely associated that the wrench must have been very considerable. In addition, there was the recollection of the sin which had excluded the two brothers from Canaan. In the Epistle to the Hebrews the death of Aaron is recorded to set forth the eternal priesthood of Christ, Hebrews 7:17. Our High Priest has no successor; His office cannot be passed to another. It is not after Aaron, but Melchizedek.
The last paragraph, Numbers 33:50-56, is especially impressive. There must be no complicity with evil; for if there be, it will eat out the very heart of our character and happiness. It is much better to root out evil with a strong hand than to suffer it in any form, for, like the boomerang of the savage, our sinful permissions will come back on ourselves. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 33

1  The forty-two journeys of the Israelites
50  The Canaanites are to be destroyed

What do the individual words in Numbers 33:44 mean?

And they departed from Oboth and camped at Ije Abarim at the border of Moab
וַיִּסְע֖וּ מֵאֹבֹ֑ת וַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּ בְּעִיֵּ֥י הָעֲבָרִ֖ים בִּגְב֥וּל מוֹאָֽב

וַיִּסְע֖וּ  And  they  departed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָסַע  
Sense: to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart.
מֵאֹבֹ֑ת  from  Oboth 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֹבֹת  
Sense: undetermined site of an Israelite camp in the wilderness (perhaps at east boundary of Moab).
וַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּ  and  camped 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָנָה  
Sense: to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against.
בְּעִיֵּ֥י  at 
Parse: Preposition
הָעֲבָרִ֖ים  Ije  Abarim 
Parse: Preposition, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: הָעֲבָרִים 
Sense: a station of Israel in the wilderness on the southeast side of Moab.
בִּגְב֥וּל  at  the  border 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.
מוֹאָֽב  of  Moab 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מֹואָב 
Sense: a son of Lot by his eldest daughter.

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