Bible Study on “Pisgah”

Meaning of “Pisgah”

  1. Pisgah — a part, a mountain summit in the land of Moab, in the territory of Reuben, where Balak offered up sacrifices (Num. 21:20; 23:14), and from which Moses viewed the promised land (Deut. 3:27). It is probably the modern Jebel Siaghah. (See NEBO »T0002683.)

  2. Ashdoth-pisgah — (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 "springs" in the Authorized Version, but "slopes" in the Revised Version, of Josh. 10:40 and 12:8. It has been identified with the springs under Mount Nebo, now called 'Ayun Musa.

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Bible Search for “Pisgah”

  1. Numbers Chapter 21 Verse 20 — And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.

  2. Numbers Chapter 23 Verse 14 — And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

  3. Deuteronomy Chapter 3 Verse 17 — The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.

  4. Deuteronomy Chapter 3 Verse 27 — Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

  5. Deuteronomy Chapter 4 Verse 49 — And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

  6. Deuteronomy Chapter 34 Verse 1 — And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

  7. Joshua Chapter 12 Verse 3 — And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:

  8. Joshua Chapter 13 Verse 20 — And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,

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