Bible Location
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Mount Nebo was the mountain in Moab from which Moses viewed the promised land before his death. It is important because it is one of the Bible's most poignant places of vision without entry. First appears in Deut 32:49.1
Coordinates
31.76, 35.75
First appears
Deut 32:49
AI summary: Mount Nebo matters because it holds together fulfillment and loss. Moses reaches the summit, sees the land in its breadth, and dies there without crossing over, making the mountain a permanent symbol of promise glimpsed and mission completed. The cross references present Mount Nebo as a mountain of final vision, boundary, and farewell.1
Latitude
31.76
Longitude
35.75
Bible references
2
A mountain in the land of Moab from which Moses looked for the first and the last time on the Promised Land (Deut. 32:49; 34:1). It has been identified with Jebel Nebah, on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea, near its northern end, and about 5 miles south-west of Heshbon. It was the summit of the ridge of Pisgah (q.v.), which was a part of the range of the “mountains of Abarim.” It is about 2,643 feet in height, but from its position it commands a view of Western Palestine. Close below it are the plains of Moab, where Balaam, and afterwards Moses, saw the tents of Israel spread along. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.