They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim facing Nebo.
Parallel translations
- WEB They traveled from Almon Diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
- KJV And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
- NKJV They moved from Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
- NASB They journeyed from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
- NLT They left Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains east of the river, near Mount Nebo.
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Quick answer
Israel travels from Almon Diblathaim and camps in the mountains of Abarim before Nebo. They are now at the high ground overlooking the promised land.
Overview
Mount Nebo in the Abarim range is where Moses would later die after viewing Canaan from afar (Deuteronomy 34:1-5). Camping here brings Israel to the very edge of the inheritance. The vantage point of Nebo poignantly recalls that the leader who brought them this far would not enter, while a new generation would cross over under Joshua.
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- Deut 32:49“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.
- Num 27:12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.
- Num 21:20and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
- Deut 34:1Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
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