King James Version
Numbers 22:1 in the King James Version says “And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.”
Numbers 22:1 · KJV
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“set forward”
H5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey
“And the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“and pitched”
H2583properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or s
“in the plains”
H6160a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the jordan and its continuation to the red sea
“on this side”
H5676properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the jordan; ususally meaning
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