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From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: A By: James P. Boyd

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(mountains beyond). A range of mountains or highlands of Moab, east of and facing Jordan opposite Jericho (Num. 27:12; 33:47¹²And 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 27:12)
⁴⁷And they removed from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. (Numbers 33:47); Deut. 32:49⁴⁹Get 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 32:49)). Ije-abarim (Num. 21:11¹¹And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. (Numbers 21:11)), heaps or ruins of Abarim. Nebo, Peor, and Pisgah (where Moses saw the promised land) belong to this range. “Passages” (Jer. 22:20²⁰Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. (Jeremiah 22:20)).

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