Biblical places
Oboth
A wilderness campsite where Israel stayed between Punon and Iye-abarim on the border of Moab (Numbers 21:10, 33:43-44). No specific ruins have been identified, so its location is only vaguely placed somewhere in the Arabah between Punon and Moab.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- Unknown
- Unidentified
- 30.7500, 35.5500
Most biblical geography references state the location is 'unidentified' and do not offer specific coordinates. This coordinate is only a rough estimated point along the route between Punon and Iye-abarim, with no actual archaeological basis.
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
Numbers 21:10
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
Numbers 21:11
And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
Numbers 33:43
And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
Numbers 33:44
And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab.