Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Numbers 21:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
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Quick Meaning
Numbers 21:10 within “Stages, Boundary Songs, and the Well Move Israel North,” moves the itinerary, negotiation, departure, or encampment through this step; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
Stages carry Israel to the edge of Moab
This verse is one part of that explanation in Numbers 21:10–20. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Numbers 21:10–20
Read Numbers 21:10 with 21:10–20. It within “Stages, Boundary Songs, and the Well Move Israel North,” moves the itinerary, negotiation, departure, or encampment through this step; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: Israel journeys through Oboth, Ije-abarim, Zared, the Arnon boundary, Beer, Mattanah, Nahaliel, Bamoth, and Pisgah; a quoted wars book, a well command, a communal song, and leaders digging with staves punctuate the itinerary.
What Remains True
Because Numbers 21:10 within “Stages, Boundary Songs, and the Well Move Israel North,” moves the itinerary, negotiation, departure, or encampment through this step; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth, its proportionate enduring truth is this: Communities should remember routes honestly, respect other people's boundaries, provide for dependency, and adapt plans without turning delay or difficulty into moral stigma. This unit also keeps the following boundary explicit: The itinerary does not prove every site identification, turn a quoted source into a surviving lost Bible, or make leaders the owners of public water.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Numbers 21:10–20 — Stages, Boundary Songs, and the Well Move Israel NorthSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Numbers 21:10–20, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Numbers
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, release 2.2, 2021
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, numbers, speeches, poems, legal clauses, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Num.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 21:10–20
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Numbers with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, source files dated 2026-08-08
Supports: Unit-bounded translation, syntax, lexical, ritual, legal, number, name, poetic, and selected textual notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Numbers PDF, complete 134-page PDF, translation and translator notes attached to 21:10–20
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