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Ar
Town or city mentioned in 7 verses of the Bible, most often in Deuteronomy.
Where it appears
Deuteronomy (4), Numbers (2), Isaiah (1)
Key verses
- Numbers 21:15 first mention — And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
- Numbers 21:28 — For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
- Deuteronomy 2:9 — And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
- Deuteronomy 2:10 — The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
- Deuteronomy 2:18 — Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
- Deuteronomy 2:29 — (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
- Isaiah 15:1 — The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
Nearby places
- Aroer 13 km
- Dibon 16 km
- Mephaath 20 km
- Kedemoth 21 km
- Moab 21 km
- Kir-haraseth 21 km
- Kerioth 22 km
- Arnon 23 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. OpenBible.info rates this identification as uncertain; scholars propose other sites. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.