King James Version

Numbers 33:48

And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

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וַיִּסְע֖וּvayisvand cause to blowנָסַעconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and cause to blow”, the next action in the storyH5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourneycause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), [idiom] still, be on his (go their) way.מֵהָרֵ֣יmeharefrom hillהַרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “from hill”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.הָעֲבָרִ֑יםhaavarimthe Abarimעֲבָרִיםdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the Abarim”H5682Abarim, a place in PalestineAbarim, passages.וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙vayachanvand encampחָנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and encamp”, the next action in the storyH2583properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣תbearvotin desertעֲרָבָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “in desert”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6160a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red SeaArabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also H1026 (בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה).מוֹאָ֔בmoavMoabמוֹאָבnoun, proper name — “Moab”H4124Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendantsMoab.עַ֖לalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…יַרְדֵּ֥ןyardenJordanיַרְדֵּןnoun, proper name — “Jordan”H3383Jarden, the principal river of PalestineJordan.יְרֵחֽוֹyerechvoJerichoיְרִיחוֹnoun, proper name — “Jericho”H3405Jericho or Jerecho, a place in PalestineJericho.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they journey from the mountains of Abarim, and encamp in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho.

World English Bible

They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

Darby Translation

And they removed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho.

Douay-Rheims

And departing from the mountains of Abarim, they passed to the plains of Moab, by the Jordan, over against Jericho.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped on the west of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπῇραν ἀπὸ ὀρέων Ἀβαρὶμ, καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐπὶ δυσμῶν Μωὰβ, ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου κατὰ Ἱεριχώ.