Kedemoth

How Nave’s arranged it

• A city of Moab, allotted to Reuben and the Merarite LevitesJoshua 13:181 Chronicles 6:79
• Encircled by a wilderness of the same nameDeuteronomy 2:26

The passages, in Bible order (3)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 3 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Deuteronomy 2:26

   So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 2:262 voices

   “Kedemoth - literally, “Easternmost parts;” the name of a town afterward assigned to the Reubenites, and given out of that tribe to the Levites. Compare Jos 13:18; 1Ch 6:79.

   “Rise ye up . . . and pass over the river Arnon--At its mouth, this stream is eighty-two feet wide and four deep. It flows in a channel banked by perpendicular cliffs of sandstone.

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2. Joshua 13:18

   Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

   ›Commentary on Joshua 13:182 voices

   “And Jahazah,.... Called Jahaz, Num 21:23, where the battle was fought between Sihon and Israel: and Kedemoth; near to which was a wilderness, which took its name from it, from whence Moses sent messengers with words of peace to Sihon, Deu 2:26, and Mephaath; thought to be the Maipha of Ptolemy (f); here Jerom says (g), in his time was a garrison of Roman soldiers, because of the desert that was near.

   “Jahaza - A city near Medeba and Dibon. It was given to the Levites, 1Ch 6:78. Kedemoth - Mentioned Deu 2:26; supposed to have been situated beyond the river Arnon. Mephaath - Situated on the frontiers of Moab, on the eastern part of the desert. It was given to the Levites, Jos 21:37.

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3. 1 Chronicles 6:79

   Kedemoth, and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands.

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