Abarim
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Abarim was a range of mountains in the land of Moab. Yahweh told Moses, “Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is across from Jericho; and see the land of Canaan” (Deuteronomy 32:49; see Numbers 27:12). On their way to the Jordan the Israelites “encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo”; then “They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho” (Numbers 33:47–48). Jeremiah’s lament names it with Lebanon and Bashan: “Go up to Lebanon, and cry out. Lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all your lovers have been destroyed” (Jeremiah 22:20).
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Numbers 3 mentions
Deuteronomy 1 mention
Jeremiah 1 mention
What the dictionary says
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…
Sources
- Gospel Companion · written from the verses (WEB) for this entry
- Corrected by Gospel Companion · these verses mean the mountains of Abarim, the range (Numbers 33:47 'the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo'), not Mount Nebo; 'this mountain of Abarim' is Mount Nebo, a peak of the Abarim range; both chips now show
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain