And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
Parallel translations
- WEB and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.
- BSB and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
- NKJV and from Bamoth, in the valley that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah which looks down on the wasteland.
- NASB and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the land of Moab, at the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the desert.
- NLT After that they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah Peak overlooks the wasteland.
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Quick answer
From Bamoth they came to the valley in Moab near the top of Pisgah, overlooking the wasteland. Israel reached the heights from which the land could be viewed.
Overview
Pisgah is the ridge from which Moses would later view the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 34:1). Reaching this vantage point marks how near Israel now stands to their inheritance. The journey through the wilderness is nearly complete as they camp within sight of Canaan's edge.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Num 23:28And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
- Deut 4:49And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
- Num 33:49–50And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.
- Deut 34:1And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
- Num 23:14And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
- Deut 1:5On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
- Deut 3:27Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
- Num 22:1And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
- Num 26:63These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
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