Mount Nebo

Mountain

Location disputed Jabal al Naba: about 50 km (30 miles) east of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Jabal al Naba Possible
  • Rujm Siyaghah Possible
  • Jebel Osha Less likely

Nebo in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 2 Verses

  • 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:
  • Deuteronomy 34:1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

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