What route did Israel take to reach the east side of the Jordan River?
Israel came out of the wilderness experience, traveled through Moab, and arrived on the east side of the Jordan River. They were positioned there before crossing, with the river in spring flood stage and roughly one to three miles wide.
Les explains that Israel came into the land from the east side of the Jordan River. He uses a makeshift map to show the Sea of Galilee, the Jordan River, and Jericho near the northern tip of the Dead Sea. Israel had come out of the wilderness experience through Moab and was now on the east side of Jordan. It was springtime, so the river was in flood stage and perhaps one to three miles wide.