And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
The verse records one stage of Israel's wilderness journey, that Israel set forward and pitched in Oboth as one of several interesting stages in the chapter's account of journey stages. It belongs to the narrative of Israel's journey around Edom and the enemies they encountered along the way. In the order of the chapter's journey stages, it comes after the healing from the fiery serpents and before the victories over Sihon the Amorite king and Og the king of Bashan. The chapter to which it belongs also contains Israel's victory over the king of Arad, the deaths by fiery serpents and God's means of healing by faith, the victories over Sihon and Og, and fragments of poetry.
The verse falls within the account of Israel's wilderness experiences that includes Moab's attempt to use divination against them. The chapter shows Israel murmuring against the bread sent from heaven, proving that the miracle of the manna which every week for forty years bore public testimony to the Sabbath had become a mere ordinary event to them. It reveals hearts hardened through the deceitfulness of sin with little regard for the manna's testimony in behalf of the Sabbath.
The verse records one stage of Israel's wilderness journey, that Israel set forward and pitched in Oboth as one of several interesting stages in the chapter's account of journey stages. It belongs to the narrative of Israel's journey around Edom and the enemies they encountered along the way. In the order of the chapter's journey stages, it comes after the healing from the fiery serpents and before the victories over Sihon the Amorite king and Og the king of Bashan. The chapter to which it belongs also contains Israel's victory over the king of Arad, the deaths by fiery serpents and God's means of healing by faith, the victories over Sihon and Og, and fragments of poetry.
The verse falls within the account of Israel's wilderness experiences that includes Moab's attempt to use divination against them. The chapter shows Israel murmuring against the bread sent from heaven, proving that the miracle of the manna which every week for forty years bore public testimony to the Sabbath had become a mere ordinary event to them. It reveals hearts hardened through the deceitfulness of sin with little regard for the manna's testimony in behalf of the Sabbath.