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On the Doorstep of Promise
Commentators clarify that Israel was not randomly camped but was at a strategic location: the 'plains of Moab,' directly across the Jordan River from Jericho. This was the final staging ground before entering the Promised Land, a position that made their presence an unavoidable and imminent reality to the surrounding nations.
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18th Century
Theologian
The plains - Hebrew ערבה ‛ ărābâh; the word is the plural of the term used to denote the entire depressed tract a…
19th Century
Bishop
In the plains of Moab.— The Arboth Moab extended from Beth Jeshimoth (the house of wastes) to Abel Shittim…
16th Century
Theologian
And the children of Israel set forward. This narrative contains many circumstances worthy of record.
First, it shows that there is …
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17th Century
Pastor
And the children of Israel set forward
From the country of Bashan, where we read of them last, after they had conquered Og the …
17th Century
Minister
The king of Moab formed a plan to have the people of Israel cursed; that is, to set God against them, who had until now fought for them. He had a f…