City of Moab

Town · also Ir-moab

Location disputed Misna: about 75 km (45 miles) southeast of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Misna Possible
  • Khirbet al Balua Possible
  • Rabba Less likely
  • Khirbet el Medeineh Less likely

Named in 1 Verse

  • Numbers 22:36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.

Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.