Numbers 33:47
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They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim facing Nebo.
Commentaries
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In this chapter God directs Moses, and he is to direct Israel, I. Concerning the bounds and borders of the land of Canaan (Num 34:1-15). II. Concerning the division and distribution of it to the tribes of Israel (Num 34:16, etc.).
Open source ↗33:47 Almon-diblathaim is probably the same place as “Beth-diblathaim” (Jer 48:22), also mentioned in the famous Mesha Inscription (see study note on Num 21:26).
Open source ↗Original language
The Hebrew and Greek words behind this passage, with Strong's numbers — from openscriptures (CC BY-SA).
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“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.
Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.