Abarim ( he, הָעֲבָרִים, Hā-Avārīm) is the Hebrew name used in the

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for a mountain range "across the

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", understood as east of the

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, i.e. in Transjordan, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea, extending from

Mount Nebo Mount Nebo ( ar, جَبَل نِيبُو, Jabal Nībū; he, , Har Nəḇō) is an elevated ridge located in Jordan, approximately above sea level. Part of the Abarim mountain range, Mount Nebo is mentioned in the Bible as the place where Moses ...

— its highest point — in the north, perhaps to the Arabian desert in the south.

Etymology and description

According to Cheyne and Black, its Hebrew meaning is "'Those-on-the-other-side'—i.e., of the Jordan." The

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( Deuteronomy 32:49) gives its etymological meaning as ''passages''.''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (1913) entry for "Abarim." Its northern part was called Pisgah, and the highest peak of Pisgah was Mount Nebo (

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23:14; 27:12; 21:20; 32:47; Deuteronomy 3:27; 34:1; 32:49). These mountains are mentioned several times in the

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blessed Israel the second time from the top of Mount Pisgah (

23:14) * From "the top of Pisgah" i.e. Mount Nebo, an area which belonged to Moab, Moses surveyed the Promised Land (Numbers 27:12 and Deuteronomy 3:27; 32:49), and there he died (34:1,5) * The Israelites had one of their encampments in the mountains of Abarim (Numbers 33:47,48) after crossing the Arnon * The prophet

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linked it with

Bashan Bashan (; he, הַבָּשָׁן, translit=ha-Bashan; la, Basan or ''Basanitis'') is the ancient, biblical name used for the northernmost region of the Transjordan during the Iron Age. It is situated in modern-day Syria. Its western part, now ...

and

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as locations from which the people cried in vain to God for rescue (

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:20) *

hid the Ark of the Covenant there (

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2:4-5). (The book of 2 Maccabees is included in Bibles used by Roman Catholics, but generally not in

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or Jewish Bibles.)

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) {{Stations of the Exodus Mountains of Jordan Hebrew Bible mountains Transjordan (region)

Etymology and description

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