Bible Location
Meaning: hill; eminence; fortress · 5 cross references · Modern-day map available
Pisgah is a summit or ridge in the Moabite highlands east of Jericho, associated especially with Nebo. It is important because Balak brought Balaam there and because Moses viewed the promised land from its heights. First appears in Num 21:20.1
Place meaning
hill; eminence; fortress
Coordinates
31.77, 35.72
First appears
Num 21:20
AI summary: Pisgah is one of the Bible's great vantage points. It appears first in the Balaam narratives as a place from which Israel is viewed, and later becomes the ridge from which Moses looks upon the land he will not enter. That makes Pisgah a place of perspective, prophecy, and incompletion at the threshold of fulfillment. The cross references present Pisgah as a Moabite height where vision, blessing, and farewell converge.1
Place meaning
hill; eminence; fortress
Latitude
31.77
Longitude
35.72
Bible references
5
A part, a mountain summit in the land of Moab, in the territory of Reuben, where Balak offered up sacrifices (Num. 21:20; 23:14), and from which Moses viewed the promised land (Deut. 3:27). It is probably the modern Jebel Siaghah. (See NEBO.) 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.