Joshua 13:20
in Joshua 13Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth—
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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
5 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
what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben
on Joshua 13:15-23
Verse 22 is the only verse that calls Balaam a diviner, and it sets his death among the slain of Midian, closing Numbers 31:8. Heshbon had been Moab's before Sihon took it at Numbers 21:26, and Isaiah 16:8 and Jeremiah 48 find Moab holding these towns again.
This site's exposition
Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth
All three lie where Israel waited before crossing. John Gill points to Deuteronomy 3:29, where Israel stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor. The slopes of Pisgah already bound the Arabah on the east at Deuteronomy 3:17.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
If they had been appointed to a lot entire by themselves, Moses would have served them first, not because it was his own tribe, but because it was God's; but they must be provided for in another manner; their habitations must be scattered in all the tribes, and their maintenance brought out of all the tribes, and God himself was the portion both of their inheritance and of their cup, Deut. x.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Beth-peor - The house or temple of Peor, situated at the foot of the mountain of the same name. See Num 25:3.
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
Where this verse is studied
About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.