Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, Beth Jeshimoth,

  • KJV King James Version

    And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth;

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Cross-references (6)

Passages linked to Joshua 13:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 4:46 beyond the Jordan, in the valley opposite 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.
  • 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:
  • Numbers 25:3 Israel joined himself to Baal Peor, and Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel.
  • Numbers 33:49 They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab.
  • Deuteronomy 3:17 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.
  • Ezekiel 25:9 therefore, 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,

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And all the cities of the plain,.... In the…

And all the cities of the plain,.... In the champaign country, as well as those in the mountainous part:

and all the kingdom of Sihon; or, as Masius renders the words, "which all had been the kingdom of Sihon"; for the whole kingdom of Sihon was not given to Reuben, only a part of it, and the rest to Gad, as in Jos 13:27,

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king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon; as in Jos 13:10,

whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur,

and Hur, and Reba; not at the same time that Sihon was smitten by him, but afterwards in a war with Midian, Num 31:8; where their names are given as here; and there they are called kings of Midian, petty kings, and, as it seems by what follows, were subject to Sihon, and therefore are here mentioned:

which were dukes of Sihon dwelling in the country; for Midian, as Kimchi supposes, and not without reason, was under the government of Sihon, and these were his nobles, though they dwelt in the land of Midian.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 20. Beth-peor] The house or temple of Peor,…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 20. Beth-peor — That is, house of Peor. The…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20. and Beth-peor] A place dedicated to the god…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Beth Peor ... Pisgah ... Beth Jeshimoth ... Heshbon

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