Travels in the Wilderness

¹⁰ After this, the Israelis traveled and encamped at Oboth. ¹¹ Then they traveled from Oboth and encamped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that is in the vicinity of Moab’s eastern border. ¹² From there, they traveled and encamped in the valley of Zered. ¹³ Then they traveled to the other side of Arnon and camped in the wilderness that borders the territory of the Amorites. (Arnon borders Moab between Moab and the Amorites, ¹⁴ which is why the Book of the Wars of the Lord^[a] reads, “Waheb and Suphah and the wadis^[b] of the Arnon, ¹⁵ and the slope of the valleys, that extends to the dwelling places of Ar and the borders of Moab.”)

¹⁶ From there they traveled^[c] to the Well of Beer, where the Lord had instructed Moses, “Gather the people together and I’ll give you water.” ¹⁷ That’s also where Israel sang this song:

Then they moved on in the wilderness from there to Mattanah, ¹⁹ then from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth, ²⁰ and from Bamoth to the valley of Moab where their fields are, and from there to the top of Mount Pisgah, that looks down toward the open desert.