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4:46 in the Transjordan <03383> <05676>, in the valley <01516> opposite <04136> Beth Peor <01047>, in the land <0776> of King <04428> Sihon <05511> of the Amorites <0567>, who <0834> lived <03427> in Heshbon <02809>. (It is he whom <0834> Moses <04872> and the Israelites <03478> <01121> attacked <05221> after they came out <03318> of Egypt <04714>. 4:47 They possessed <03423> his land <0776> <0776> and that of King <04428> Og <05747> of Bashan <01316>– both <08147> of whom <0834> were Amorite <0567> kings <04428> in the Transjordan <03383> <05676>, to the east <08121> <04217>. 4:48 Their territory extended from Aroer <06177> at <05921> the edge <08193> of the Arnon <0769> valley <05158> as far <05704> as Mount <02022> Siyon <07865>– that <01931> is, Hermon <02768>– 4:49 including all <03605> the Arabah <06160> of the Transjordan <03383> <05676> in the east <04217> to <05704> the sea <03220> of the Arabah <06160>, beneath <08478> the watershed <0794> of Pisgah <06449>.)

• Deu 4:44-49 -- The Setting and Introduction of the Covenant

• DEUTERONOMY

  [isbe] DEUTERONOMY - du-ter-on'-o-mi: 1. Name 2. What Deuteronomy Is 3. Analysis 4. Ruling Ideas 5. Unity 6. Authorship 7. Deuteronomy Spoken Twice 8. Deuteronomy's Influence in Israel's History 9. The Critical Theory LITERATURE 1....
  [smith] --which means "the repetition of the law" --consists chiefly of three discourses delivered by Moses shortly before his death. Subjoined to these discourses are the Song of Moses the Blessing of Moses, and the story of his dea...
  

• AMORITES

  [ebd] highlanders, or hillmen, the name given to the descendants of one of the sons of Canaan (Gen. 14:7), called Amurra or Amurri in the Assyrian and Egyptian inscriptions. On the early Babylonian monuments all Syria, including P...
  [isbe] AMORITES - am'-o-rits; Amorites ('emori, always in the singular like the Babylonian Amurru from which it is taken; Amorraioi): 1. Varying Use of the Name Explained 2. The Amorite Kingdom 3. Sihon's Conquest 4. Disappearance ...
  

• Og

  [isbe] OG - (`ogh; Og): King of Bashan, whose territory, embracing 60 cities, was conquered by Moses and the Israelites immediately after the conquest of Sihon, king of the Amorites (Nu 21:33-35; Dt 3:1-12). The defeat took place a...
  [smith] (giant , literally long-necked), an Amoritish king of Bashan, whose rule extended over sixty cities. (Joshua 13:12) He was one of the last representatives of the giant race of Rephaim, and was, with his children and his peopl...
  [nave] OG, king of Bashan. A man of gigantic stature, Num. 21:33; Deut. 3:11; Josh. 12:4; 13:12. Defeated and slain by Moses, Num. 21:33-35; Deut. 1:4; 3:1-7; 29:7; 31:4; Josh. 2:10; 9:10; Psa. 135:10, 11; 136:18-20. Land of, give...
  

• BEYOND

  [ebd] when used with reference to Jordan, signifies in the writings of Moses the west side of the river, as he wrote on the east bank (Gen. 50:10, 11; Deut. 1:1, 5; 3:8, 20; 4:46); but in the writings of Joshua, after he had cross...
  [isbe] BEYOND - be-yond': Found in the Hebrew only in its application to space and time, and for these ideas three words are employed: hale'ah (Gen 35:21) = "to the distance"; `abhar = "to go beyond" "to cross" derivative `ebher (C...
  

• Sion

  [ebd] elevated. (1.) Denotes Mount Hermon in Deut. 4:48; called Sirion by the Sidonians, and by the Amorites Shenir (Deut. 3:9). (See HERMON.) (2.) The Greek form of Zion (q.v.) in Matt. 21:5; John 12:15.
  [isbe] SION - si'-un (si'on; Seon): (1) A name given to Mt. Hermon in Dt 4:48. The name may mean "protuberance" or "peak," and may have denoted the lofty snow-covered horn of the mountain as seen from the South. It may, however, be...
  [smith] (lofty), Mount. One of the various names of Mount Hermon. (4:48) only. The Greek form of the Hebrew name Zion, the famous mount of the temple. 1 Macc. 4:37,60; 5:54; 6:48,62; 7:33; 10:11; 14:27; (Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 14...
  [nave] SION 1. A name of Mount Hermon, Deut. 4:48. 2. See: Zion.
  

• Aroer

  [ebd] ruins. (1.) A town on the north bank of the Arnon (Deut. 4:48; Judg. 11:26; 2 Kings 10:33), the southern boundary of the kingdom of Sihon (Josh. 12:2). It is now called Arair, 13 miles west of the Dead Sea. (2.) One of the t...
  [smith] (ruins). A city on the torrent Arnon, the southern point of the territory of Sihon king of the Amorites and afterwards of the tribe of Reuben, (2:36; 3:12; 4:48; Joshua 12:2; 13:9,16; Judges 11:26; 2 Kings 10:33; 1 Chr...
  [nave] AROER 1. A city of the Amorites in the valley of the river Arnon, Deut. 4:48. Conquered by Israelites, Deut. 2:36; 3:12; Judg. 11:26. Taken by Hazael, 2 Kin. 10:33. 2. A city built, or, probably more correctly, rebuilt, b...
  

• Beth-peor

  [ebd] house of Peor; i.e., "temple of Baal-peor", a place in Moab, on the east of Jordan, opposite Jericho. It was in the tribe of Reuben (Josh. 13:20; Deut. 3:29; 4:46). In the "ravine" or valley over against Beth-peor Moses was ...
  [isbe] BETH-PEOR - beth-pe'-or (beth pe`or; oikos Phogor; in Joshua (Vaticanus), Baithphogor, or beth-): "Over against Beth-peor" the Israelites were encamped, "beyond the Jordan, in the valley," when Moses uttered the speeches rec...
  [nave] BETH-PEOR A place in the tribe of Reuben, Deut. 3:29; 4:46; 34:6. Near the burial place of Moses, Josh. 13:20.
  

• Hermon

  [ebd] a peak, the eastern prolongation of the Anti-Lebanon range, reaching to the height of about 9,200 feet above the Mediterranean. It marks the north boundary of Palestine (Deut. 3:8, 4:48; Josh. 11:3, 17; 13:11; 12:1), and is ...
  [isbe] HERMON - hur'-mon (chermon; Codex Vaticanus, Haermon): 1. Description: The name of the majestic mountain in which the Anti-Lebanon range terminates to the South (Dt 3:8, etc.). It reaches a height of 9,200 ft. above the sea,...
  [nave] HERMON A mountain in the N. of Palestine. Called Sirion, Deut. 3:8, 9; Psa. 29:6; Sion, Deut. 4:48; Psa. 133:3; Shenir, Deut. 3:9; 1 Chr. 5:23; Song 4:8.
  

• Ashdoth-Pisgah

  [ebd] (Deut. 3:17; Josh. 12:3; 13:20) in Authorized Version, but in Revised Version translated "slopes of Pisgah." In Deut. 4:49 it is translated in the Authorized Version "springs of Pisgah." The name Ashdoth is translated "sprin...
  [nave] ASHDOTH-PISGAH, the water courses flowing from Mount Pisgah, Deut. 3:17; 4:49; Josh. 12:3; 13:20.
  

• AMORITE, THE AMORITES

  [smith] (dwellers on the summits, mountaineers), one of the chief nations who possessed the land of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. As dwelling on the elevated portions of the country, they are contrasted with the Canaa...
  

• Pisgah

  [isbe] PISGAH - piz'-ga (ha-picgah; Phasga, to lelaxeumenon, he laxeute): This name, which has always the definite article, appears only in combination either with ro'sh, "head," "top," or 'ashdoth, not translated in the King James...
  [nave] PISGAH, a ridge or mountain E. of the Jordan, opposite to Jericho. The Israelites come to, Num. 21:20. A boundary of the country assigned to the Reubenites and Gadites, Deut. 3:17; 4:49; Josh. 12:3. Balaam prophesies on, Nu...
  

• BETHPEOR

  [smith] (house of Peor), a place on the east of Jordan, opposite Jericho and six miles above Libias or Beth-haran. (Joshua 13:20; 3:29; 4:46)
  

• SEA, THE SALT

  [smith] the usual and perhaps the most ancient name for the remarkable lake which to the western world is now generally known as the Dead Sea. I. Names.-- (1) The Salt Sea, (Genesis 14:3) (2) Sea of the Arabah (Authorized Version "se...
  

• Law

  [nave] LAW. Psa. 19:7-9; Psa. 119:1-8; Prov. 28:4, 5; Matt. 22:21 Luke 20:22-25. Luke 16:17; Rom. 2:14, 15; Rom. 7:7, 12, 14; Rom. 13:10; 1 Tim. 1:5, 8-10; Jas. 1:25; 1 John 3:4; 1 John 5:3 See: Litigation; Commandments; Duty to G...
  

• ARNON

  [smith] (roaring), the river or torrent which formed the boundary between Moab and the Amorites, on the north of Moab, (Numbers 21:13,14,24,26; Judges 11:22) and afterwards between Moab and Israel (Reuben). (2:24,36; 3:8,12,16; 4:48;...
  

• Dead Sea

  [nave] DEAD SEA, lies southeast of Jerusalem. Called Salt Sea, Gen. 14:3; Num. 34:12; Sea of the Plain, Deut. 3:17; 4:49; Josh. 3:16; East Sea, Joel 2:20; Former Sea, Zech. 14:8. Prophecy concerning, Ezek. 47:7-10, 18.
  

• NATURAL FEATURES

  [isbe] NATURAL FEATURES - fe'-turz: As has been pointed out by various authors (compare HGHL), the principal physical features of Palestine run in North and South lines, or rather about from South-Southwest to North-Northeast. The ...
  

• ARABAH

  [isbe] ARABAH - ar'-a-ba, a-ra'-ba ha-`arabhah, "the Arabah"): This word indicates in general a barren district, but is specifically applied in whole or in part to the depression of the Jordan valley, extending from Mount Hermon to...
  

• BASHAN

  [isbe] BASHAN - ba'-shan (ha-bashan, "the Bashan"; Basan): This name is probably the same in meaning as the cognate Arabic bathneh, "soft, fertile land," or bathaniyeh (batanaea), "this land sown with wheat" ("wheatland"). 1. Bound...
  

• SHEBA (1)

  [isbe] SHEBA (1) - she'-ba (shebha'; Saba): (1) Sheba and Dedan are the two sons of Raamah son of Cush (Gen 10:7). (2) Sheba and Dedan are the two sons of Jokshan the son of Abraham and Keturah (Gen 25:3). (3) Sheba is a son of Jok...
  

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