the 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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the 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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The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.
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the Arabah also, the Jordan being the border thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 3:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 12:3 and 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:
- Genesis 14:3 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (also called the Salt Sea).
- Joshua 3:16 the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people passed over near Jericho.
- Deuteronomy 4:49 and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
- Genesis 13:10 Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.
- Genesis 19:28-29 He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace. When God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
- Numbers 23:14 He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
- Numbers 34:11-12 The border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain. The border shall go down, and shall reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward. The border shall go down to the Jordan, and end at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders around it.’ ”
- Joshua 13:27 and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan’s bank, to the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
- Joshua 15:2 Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
- Joshua 15:5 The east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of the Jordan. The border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan.
- Joshua 18:19 The border passed along to the side of Beth Hoglah northward; and the border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south border.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, at Asdoth-Pisgah.
Or, at Asdoth-Pisgah.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The plain; the low country towards Jordan.
The plain; the low country towards Jordan.
Chinnereth; of which see on Num 34:11; Jos 12:3.
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The sea of the plain, i.e. that salt sea, as it here follows, which before that dreadful conflagration was a goodly plain, called the plain of Jordan, Gen 13:10. Ashdoth-pisgah; the proper name of a city, of which Jos 13:20.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And I commanded you at that time,.... Not all…
And I commanded you at that time,.... Not all Israel, but the tribes of Reuben and God, and the half tribe of Manasseh; for what follows only concerns them:
saying, the Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it; the land before described, lately in the hands of Sihon and Og; this at their request Moses gave them, by the direction of the Lord, on the following condition:
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you shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war; that is, they should pass over Jordan with the rest of the tribes, being armed to assist them in the conquest of Canaan: for this phrase, which we render "before your brethren", does not signify that they went in the forefront of them, only that they were present with them, and joined them in their war against their enemies; see Num 32:29 and therefore should be rendered "with your brethren" (a); even as many of them as were able to bear arms, at least as many as Joshua would choose to take of them; for he did not take them all by a great many; see Jos 4:13.
(a) "cum fratribus vestris", Noldius, p. 531, No. 1492.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The plain - The low country towards Jordan. The…
The plain - The low country towards Jordan. The sea of the plain - That is, that salt sea, which before that dreadful conflagration was a goodly plain.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 17. From Chinnereth] See Clarke on Nu 34:11.
Verse 17. From Chinnereth] See Clarke on Nu 34:11.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 3:17. The plain — The low country toward…
Deu 3:17. The plain — The low country toward Jordan. The sea of the plain — That is, that salt sea, which before that dreadful conflagration was a goodly plain.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Foot. Hebrew and Septuagint Ashdoth-pisga. Eusebius seems to have…
Foot. Hebrew and Septuagint Ashdoth-pisga. Eusebius seems to have taken these for two different towns. The former was situated near Phasga, Josue xii. 3. This mount was the eastern boundary of Ruben. The plain here mentioned was that where Moses was speaking. (Calmet)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. the Arabah also, and Jordan for a border]…
17. the Arabah also, and Jordan for a border] The territory included the E. strip of the ‘Arabah—hence eastwards at the end of the verse—with the Jordan as its W. limit, and this between Chinnereth on the N. and the Sea of the ‘Arabah on the S. On the ‘Arabah see Deu_1:1. Kinnéreth was a town (Jos_11:2; Jos_19:35; the plur. Kinneroth a district, 1Ki_15:20) either giving its name to, or taking its name from, the Sea of Kinnéreth (Num_34:11, P); probably the latter, if K. be from kinnôr, harp, as this suits the shape of the Lake; in later times called the L. of Gennesaret, a name frequently but not plausibly derived from Kinnereth (HGHL, 443). The Sea of the ‘Arabah (so Deu_4:49; 2Ki_14:25), the Salt Sea (so Gen_14:3; Num_34:3; Num_34:12; Jos_15:2; Jos_15:5; Jos_18:19); both names as here in Jos_3:16; Jos_12:23; called also front or E. Sea (Eze_47:18; Joe_2:20; Zec_14:8) in contrast to the Mediterranean the back or W. Sea, Deu_11:24. The Greeks gave the name Asphaltitis. ‘The Dead Sea’ first occurs under Augustus. Ar. Baḥr Lût, ‘Lot’s Sea.’
the slopes of Pisgah] So Deu_4:49; Jos_12:3; Jos_13:20. The Heb. ’ashedôth is slopes rather than springs (A.V.) as appears from the masc. form of the word, Num_21:15 (the eshed of the wâdies, which stretches to ‘Ar’s site and leans on the border of Moab); slopes, too, is most suitable in Jos_10:40; Jos_12:8, and with the use of the prepos. under in this verse. The Pisgah (always so) is the name attached by E (Num_21:20; Num_23:14) and by deuteronomic writers to ‘the western edge’ (G. B. Gray), or the headlands, of the Moabite Plateau at the N.E. corner of the Dead Sea. The headland of the Pisgah, which Moses ascended, Deu_3:27, is in Deu_32:49 (P) Mt Nebo (cp. their identification in Deu_34:1), that headland S. of the W. ‘Uyûn Musa which bears the names en-Neba’ and Râs en-Neba’, just opposite the N. end of the sea (HGHL, 562 ff.). One of its lower steps, called Wat en-Na‘am, is identified by Musil (Moab, 272, 274) with the slopes of the Pisgah. The deep W. es-Seyâle which cleaves this he takes as Abel Shittim (Num_33:49); but the latter is probably part of the Jordan valley. See further on Beth-Pe‘or, Deu_3:29. The name Pisgah has disappeared, unless we are to recognise it in the almost equivalent Râs Feshkhah, a headland on the opposite coast of the sea.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain i.e. the springs of Pisgah, or the hill.
Ashdoth-pisgah
i.e. the springs of Pisgah, or the hill.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Moses continues to speak to the people of Israel.
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Another of its borders is also
"The western border of the Reubenite and Gadite territory is"
Kinnereth
the Sea of Kinnereth, also called "the Sea of Galilee" or "the Lake of Gennesaret" (See: How to Translate Names)
Mount Pisgah
This is the name of a mountain in the northern part of the Abarim mountain range. (See: How to Translate Names)
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Jordan River
Arabah
Salt Sea
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 3:17 from the Sea of Galilee down to the…
3:17 from the Sea of Galilee down to the Dead Sea: The Hebrew name for the beautiful Sea of Galilee is kinnereth, which might come from kinnor (“harp”) because of its shape. • The Dead Sea (Hebrew yam hammelakh, “Salt Sea”), here also called the Sea of the Arabah (see study note on 1:1), has a very high mineral content (about 30 percent). • Pisgah is a section of the Abarim mountain range; its most prominent peak is Mount Nebo, where Moses died (see 34:1).
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