Pisgah
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| Type | mountain and mountain range |
|---|---|
| Also called | Pisgah Peak, Ashdoth-pisgah |
| Most likely | Rujm Siyaghah (medium confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.768° N, 35.726° E |
| Mentioned in | 8 verses |
| First mention | Numbers 21:20 |
Pisgah is a mountain and mountain range named in 8 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Rujm Siyaghah (medium confidence; 4 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Rujm Siyaghah | medium (45%) | 31.768° N, 35.726° E |
| another name for Mount Nebo | low (18%) | 31.767° N, 35.750° E |
| another name for Abarim | very low (5%) | 31.754° N, 35.715° E |
| Jabal al Naba | very low (2%) | 31.767° N, 35.750° E |
| not a proper name (ridge) | very low (2%) | — |
Verses
Numbers
- Numbers 21:20And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
- Numbers 23:14And 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.So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 3:17The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth–pisgah eastward.The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
- Deuteronomy 3:27Get 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.Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.
- Deuteronomy 4:49And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.
- Deuteronomy 34:1And 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 shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
Joshua
- Joshua 12:3And 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 Beth–jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth–pisgah:as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
- Joshua 13:20And Beth–peor, and Ashdoth–pisgah, and Beth–jeshimoth,Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth—
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.