Deuteronomy 4:46 BSB

Deuteronomy 4:46

while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.

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ASV

beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt.

KJV

On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth–peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:

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Commentary

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Beth-peor--that is, "house" or "temple of Peor." It is probable that a temple of this Moabite idol stood in full view of the Hebrew camp, while Moses was urging the exclusive claims of God to their worship, and this allusion would be very significant if it were the temple where so many of the Israelites had grievously offended.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בְּעֵ֨בֶר	be.'E.ver	on [the] other side of	H5676 →
הַיַּרְדֵּ֜ן	hai.yar.Den	the Jordan	H3383 →
בַּגַּ֗יְא	ba.Gay'	in the valley	H1516 →
מ֚וּל	mul	opposite to	H4136 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	Beth	H1047 →
פְּע֔וֹר	pe.'or	Peor	H1047 →
בְּאֶ֗רֶץ	be.'E.retz	in [the] land of	H776 →
סִיחֹן֙	si.Chon	Sihon	H5511 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י	ha.'e.mo.Ri	the Amorite[s]	H567 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
יוֹשֵׁ֖ב	yo.Shev	[was] dwelling	H3427 →
בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן	be.chesh.Bon	in Heshbon	H2809 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	whom	H834 →
הִכָּ֤ה	hi.Kah	he struck down	H5221 →
מֹשֶׁה֙	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
וּבְנֵֽי	u.ve.Nei	and [the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
בְּצֵאתָ֖ם	be.tze.Tam	when came out they	H3318 →
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃	mi.mitz.Ra.yim	from Egypt	H4714 →

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Through
Deuteronomy 3:29
So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 34:6
  And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.
- Numbers 25:3
  So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.
Through
Numbers 32:19
Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”
leads to
- Joshua 13:8
  The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had…
Through
Deuteronomy 3:8
At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—
leads to
- Joshua 13:9–12
  The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
- Joshua 12:2–6
  Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of…
Through
Deuteronomy 4:47
They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—
leads to
- Numbers 21:33–35
  Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.
- Deuteronomy 3:1–14
  Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.
- Deuteronomy 29:7–8
  When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.

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