Joshua 12:3 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

and the Arabah unto the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and unto the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:

KJV

And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth–jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth–pisgah:

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The sea of Chinneroth - Or Gennesareth, the same as the lake or sea of Tiberias. The Salt Sea on the east - ים המלח yam hammelach, which is here translated the Salt Sea, is understood by others to mean the sea of the city Melach. Where can we find any thing that can be called a salt sea on the east of the lake of Gennesareth? Some think that the lake Asphaltites, called also the Dead Sea, Sea of the Desert, Sea of Sodom, and Salt Sea, is here intended.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And this was indeed the situation of the plains of Moab, which are here spoken of; they lay between the two seas, that of Cinneroth and the salt sea, and eastward to them both. Sea of the plain - The salt sea was a famous plain, pleasant and fruitful, before it was turned into a sea.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָעֲרָבָה֩	ve.ha.'a.ra.Vah	and the Arabah	H6160 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
יָ֨ם	yam	[the] sea of	H3220 →
כִּנְר֜וֹת	kin.Rot	Kinnereth	H3672 →
מִזְרָ֗חָה	miz.Ra.chah	east -ward	H4217 →
וְ֠עַד	Ve.'ad	and to	H5704 →
יָ֣ם	yam	[the] sea of	H3220 →
הָעֲרָבָ֤ה	ha.'a.ra.Vah	the Arabah	H6160 →
יָם־	yom-	[the] Sea of	H3220 →
הַמֶּ֙לַח֙	ha.Me.lach	<the> Salt	H4417 →
מִזְרָ֔חָה	miz.Ra.chah	east -ward	H4217 →
דֶּ֖רֶךְ	De.rekh	[the] direction of	H1870 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	Beth	H1020 →
הַיְשִׁמ֑וֹת	hay.shi.Mot	<of the> Jeshimoth	H1020 →
וּמִ֨תֵּימָ֔ן	u.Mi.tei.Man	and from [the] south	H8486 →
תַּ֖חַת	Ta.chat	under	H8478 →
אַשְׁדּ֥וֹת	'ash.Dot	[the] slopes of	H798 →
הַפִּסְגָּֽה׃	ha.pis.Gah	<the> Pisgah	H6449 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- Genesis 14:3
  The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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…
Through
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.
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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
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…
leads to
- 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 7:46
  The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.
- 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;
Through
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;
leads to
- Judges 1:27
  At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
- Numbers 34:11
  then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Joshua

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Joshua