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,
- BSB 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.
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- Josh 12:3and the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and to the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth Jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:
- Deut 4:46beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck, when they came out of Egypt.
- Ezek 25:9therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim,
- Num 33:49They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab.
- Num 25:3Israel joined himself to Baal Peor. Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel.
- Deut 3:17the Arabah also, and the Jordan and its border, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
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