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The Definition of the word Abarim

Abarim

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 land of Moab. From "the top" "of Pisgah", i.e., Mount Nebo (q.v.), one of its summits, Moses" "surveyed the Promised Land (Deut. 3:27; 32:49), and there he" "died (34:1, 5). The Israelites had one of their encampments in" "the mountains of Abarim (Num. 33:47, 48) after crossing the" Arnon.


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