“And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.”
The Israelites set out, and camped in the plains of Moab across the Jordan from Jericho — Israel's final camping ground in the wilderness is the plains of Moab (Araboth Moab), east of the Jordan across from Jericho. The proximity to the Promised Land is tangible; the Jordan is now the barrier Israel must cross. Moab, not Israel's enemy, is the territory where Israel camps; the relationship with Moab remains undefined and dangerous.
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