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Moab

Region mentioned in 12 verses of the Bible, most often in Numbers.

31.840° N, 35.674° EConfident identification3 books

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Where it appears

Numbers (9), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (1)

Key verses

Numbers 22:1 first mention — And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
Numbers 26:3 — And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Numbers 26:63 — These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Numbers 31:12 — And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
Numbers 33:48 — And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Numbers 33:49 — And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
Numbers 33:50 — And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Numbers 35:1 — And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Numbers 36:13 — These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Deuteronomy 34:1 — 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 shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
Deuteronomy 34:8 — And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
Joshua 13:32 — These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.

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