Mount Nebo
Mount Nebo, also called Abarim, was the mountain from which Moses viewed the Promised Land before his death.
PlaceOld Testament3 books6 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Deuteronomy 32:49; referred to as Nebo Mount (נְבוֹ) or Abarim (עֲבָרִים).
Location
- Identified as
- Jabal al Naba
- Certainty
- Possible (41% of scholarship) · 2 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 31.767° N, 35.750° E
Events
Dates are approximate
- Death of Mosesc. 1452 BC
Glossary entries
Alternative names
Mentions
- Numbers 27:12עֲבָרִים · AbarimThen the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.
- Numbers 33:47עֲבָרִים · AbarimThey set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim facing Nebo.
- Numbers 33:48עֲבָרִים · AbarimThey set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
- Deuteronomy 32:49עֲבָרִים · Abarim; נְבוֹ · Mount Nebo“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.
- Deuteronomy 34:1נְבוֹ · Mount NeboThen Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
- Jeremiah 22:20עֲבָרִים · AbarimGo up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.