A wilderness encampment whose name likely derives from the Hebrew word for waterskins or leather bottles, perhaps indicating a place where water was stored or found. Oboth appears in two itinerary passages tracing Israel's route from Egypt to Canaan. In Numbers 21:10-11, the Israelites travel from Oboth to Iye-abarim on the border of Moab. Numbers 33:43-44 lists the same stop in the comprehensive travel log. The exact location remains uncertain, though it is generally placed on the eastern fringes of Edom, somewhere in the Arabah region.