And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
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Interpretation
We have here the removes of the children of Israel, till they came to the plains of Moab, from whence they passed over Jordan into Canaan. The end of their pilgrimage was near.
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This thought runs through Numbers 21:17-20.
Glossary
- Moab Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Kerak.
- Bamoth Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet el Quweiqiyeh.
- Jeshimon Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Zahrat al Kula.
- Pisgah Place
- A part, a mountain summit in the land of Moab, in the territory of Reuben, where Balak offered up sacrifices ( Num. 21:20 ; 23:14 ), and from which Moses viewed the promised land ( Deut. 3:27 ). Modern identification: Rujm Siyaghah.