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Abarim
Regions beyond; i.e., on the east of Jordan, a mountain, or rather a mountain-chain, over against Jericho, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea, in the land of Moab. From “the top of Pisgah”, i.e., Mount Nebo (q.v.), one of its summits, Moses surveyed the Promised Land (Deut 3:27; Deut 32:49), and there he died (Deut 34:1, Deut 34:5). The Israelites had one of their encampments in the mountains of Abarim (Num 33:47, Num 33:48) after crossing the Arnon.
Named in the Bible
4 verses
- Numbers 27:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
- Numbers 33:47 And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
- Numbers 33:48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
- Deuteronomy 32:49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
