Joshua 13:20
in Joshua 13Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth—
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,
KJV
And Beth–peor, and Ashdoth–pisgah, and Beth–jeshimoth,
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This verse in Joshua 13
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAnd Bethpeor,.... So called from Peor, the idol of the Moabites, and where very likely there had been a temple built to the honour of it; over against this place was a valley, where Israel abode some time, Deu 3:29, and Ashdodpisgah; of which see Deu 3:17, and Bethjeshimoth; of which see Num 33:49.
This site's exposition
unto the tribe of the children
on Joshua 13:15-23
Reuben's towns carry the names of the gods Israel had fallen to a generation before. Bamoth-baal and Beth-baal-meon at verse 17 and Beth-peor at verse 20 are Baal's high places, Numbers 25:1-3 records what Israel did at Baal-peor, and Deuteronomy 34:6 buries Moses in a valley over against Beth-peor. Verse 22 is the only place in Scripture that calls Balaam a soothsayer, and it sets his death among the slain of Midian, which closes Numbers 31:8. Heshbon at the head of the list had been Moab's before Sihon took it at Numbers 21:26, and Isaiah 16:8 and Jeremiah 48 find Moab holding these same towns again long after Reuben is gone.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבֵ֥ית | uveit | and Beth | H1047 → | |
| פְּע֛וֹר | peor | Peor | H1047 → | |
| וְאַשְׁדּ֥וֹת | veashdot | and [the] slopes of | H798 → | |
| הַפִּסְגָּ֖ה | hapisgah | <the> Pisgah | H6449 → | |
| וּבֵ֥ית | uveit | and Beth | H1020 → | 8 times |
| הַיְשִׁמֽוֹת׃ | hayshimot | <the> Jeshimoth | H1020 → | 8 times |
וּבֵ֥יתand Beth
uveitH1047 →
פְּע֛וֹרPeor
peorH1047 →
וְאַשְׁדּ֥וֹתand [the] slopes of
veashdotH798 →
הַפִּסְגָּ֖ה<the> Pisgah
hapisgahH6449 →
וּבֵ֥יתand Beth
uveitH1020 →8 times
הַיְשִׁמֽוֹת׃<the> Jeshimoth
hayshimotH1020 →8 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
Deuteronomy 3:17The 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.
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 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 12:3
as 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.
- Deuteronomy 4:49
including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 14:3
The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
- 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
- Deuteronomy 3:17
The 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.
- 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;
- Deuteronomy 3:17
Through
Deuteronomy 4:46while 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…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 3:29
So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.
- Deuteronomy 3:29
Through
Numbers 25:3So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.
it leads to
- Hosea 9:10
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so…
- Hosea 9:10
About Joshua

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.
