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Numbers 23:14

Context

23:14 So Balak brought Balaam 1  to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, 2  where 3  he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Deuteronomy 3:27

Context
3:27 Go up to the top of Pisgah and take a good look to the west, north, south, and east, 4  for you will not be allowed to cross the Jordan.

Deuteronomy 4:49

Context
4:49 including all the Arabah of the Transjordan in the east to the sea of the Arabah, 5  beneath the watershed 6  of Pisgah.)

Deuteronomy 34:1

Context
The Death of Moses

34:1 Then Moses ascended from the deserts of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. 7  The Lord showed him the whole land – Gilead to Dan,

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[23:14]  1 tn Heb “he brought him”; the referents (Balak and Balaam) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:14]  2 tn Some scholars do not translate this word as “Pisgah,” but rather as a “lookout post” or an “elevated place.”

[23:14]  3 tn Heb “and he built.”

[3:27]  4 tn Heb “lift your eyes to the west, north, south, and east and see with your eyes.” The translation omits the repetition of “your eyes” for stylistic reasons.

[4:49]  5 sn The sea of the Arabah refers to the Dead Sea, also known as the Salt Sea in OT times (cf. Deut 3:17).

[4:49]  6 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term אַשְׁדֹּת (’ashdot) is unclear. It is usually translated either “slopes” (ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT) or “watershed” (NEB).

[34:1]  7 sn For the geography involved, see note on the term “Pisgah” in Deut 3:17.



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