Deuteronomy 3:17
in Deuteronomy 3The 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
KJV
The 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.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 3
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe plain - The low country towards Jordan. The sea of the plain - That is, that salt sea, which before that dreadful conflagration was a goodly plain.
This site's exposition
unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites
on Deuteronomy 3:16-17
The borders are drawn by water, the Arnon on the south, the Jabbok on the line of Ammon, and Jordan running between Chinnereth and the salt sea. Chinnereth is the lake the Gospels call the sea of Galilee, and the salt sea is the Dead Sea, so both ends of this eastern strip are places a modern map still carries. Ashdoth-pisgah closes the list and names the slope Moses is sent up in verse 27.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The plain also, and Jordan,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
From Chinnereth - See on Num 34:11 (note).
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָֽעֲרָבָ֖ה | vehaaravah | and the Arabah | H6160 → | 61 times |
| וְהַיַּרְדֵּ֣ן | vehaiyarden | and the Jordan | H3383 → | 182 times |
| וּגְבֻ֑ל | ugevul | and a border | H1366 → | 240 times |
| מִכִּנֶּ֗רֶת | mikineret | from Kinnereth | H3672 → | |
| וְעַ֨ד | vead | and to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| יָ֤ם | yam | [the] sea of | H3220 → | 396 times |
| הָֽעֲרָבָה֙ | haaravah | the Arabah | H6160 → | 61 times |
| יָ֣ם | yam | [the] Sea of | H3220 → | 396 times |
| הַמֶּ֔לַח | hamelach | <the> Salt | H4417 → | |
| תַּ֛חַת | tachat | under | H8478 → | 505 times |
| אַשְׁדֹּ֥ת | ʾashdot | [the] slopes of | H798 → | |
| הַפִּסְגָּ֖ה | hapisgah | <the> Pisgah | H6449 → | 8 times |
| מִזְרָֽחָה׃ | mizrachah | east -ward | H4217 → | 74 times |
וְהָֽעֲרָבָ֖הand the Arabah
vehaaravahH6160 →61 times
וְהַיַּרְדֵּ֣ןand the Jordan
vehaiyardenH3383 →182 times
וּגְבֻ֑לand a border
ugevulH1366 →240 times
מִכִּנֶּ֗רֶתfrom Kinnereth
mikineretH3672 →
וְעַ֨דand to
veadH5704 →1261 times
יָ֤ם[the] sea of
yamH3220 →396 times
הָֽעֲרָבָה֙the Arabah
haaravahH6160 →61 times
יָ֣ם[the] Sea of
yamH3220 →396 times
הַמֶּ֔לַח<the> Salt
hamelachH4417 →
תַּ֛חַתunder
tachatH8478 →505 times
אַשְׁדֹּ֥ת[the] slopes of
ʾashdotH798 →
הַפִּסְגָּ֖ה<the> Pisgah
hapisgahH6449 →8 times
מִזְרָֽחָה׃east -ward
mizrachahH4217 →74 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 14:3The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
it leads to
- Joshua 3:16
the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 34:12
Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”
- Joshua 3:16
Through
Joshua 12:3as 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.
it leads to
- Joshua 13:20
Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth—
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 11:2
to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;
- Joshua 13:20
Through
Joshua 3:16the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was…
it leads to
- Genesis 14:3
The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 3:13
When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will…
- 1 Kings 4:12
Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
- 1 Kings 7:46
The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.
- Genesis 14:3
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.
