Moab (Numbers 22)

Moab (Numbers 22) is a region named in 12 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Moab (Numbers 22) (high confidence).

Location

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Verses

Numbers

• Numbers 22:1
  And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
• Numbers 26:3
  And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,
• Numbers 26:63
  These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
• Numbers 31:12
  And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
• Numbers 33:48
  And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
• Numbers 33:49
  And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth–jesimoth even unto Abel–shittim in the plains of Moab.And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.
• Numbers 33:50
  And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
• Numbers 35:1
  And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
• Numbers 36:13
  These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 34:1
  And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,Then 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,
• Deuteronomy 34:8
  And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

Joshua

• Joshua 13:32
  These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.These were the portions Moses had given them on the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho.

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.