Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth—
Parallel translations
- WEB Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, Beth Jeshimoth,
- KJV And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,
- NKJV Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth—
- NASB Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, Beth-jeshimoth,
- NLT Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth.
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Quick answer
Also in Reuben's territory were Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth.
Overview
Beth Peor was near where Moses was buried (Deuteronomy 34:6) and the site of Israel's earlier sin with Baal of Peor (Numbers 25). Pisgah was where Moses viewed the promised land. These places, woven into Israel's history of both judgment and grace, now lay within Reuben's inheritance.
Cross-references & the web
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- Josh 12:3as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
- Deut 4:46while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
- Ezek 25:9therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.
- Num 33:49And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.
- Num 25:3So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.
- Deut 3:17The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
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