They traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 11. Jeabarim, means “the ford, (of Zared, verse 12,) or the straits of passages, passengers, or Hebrews; or the hills Abarim,” which extended over the eastern parts of Moab. It was the 38th station, ( Calmet.) at the southern extremity of Mount Abarim. Bible.—After which Moses specifies those of Zared, (verse 12,) Mathana, Nahaliel, Bamoth, Arnon, (verse 19,) Dibon-gad, and Helmon-dablataim, ( Calmet.) all on the sides of that mountain, before they came to the summit, which was also called Phasga and Nabo. Calmet. 33:45, and so forth But Pococke reckons only the two last among the stations, and makes those of Abarim and Shittim the 41st and 42d. The Septuagint read, “they encamped in Achelgai, on the other side, in the desert.” Bible.—Eusebius and S. Jerom call this station of Jee, Gai or Hai, which they place near Petra. Jeremiah 49:4.—East. The Sam. here inserts, (Deuteronomy 2:9,) “And the Lord said to Moses, Fight not,” and so forth