Bible Location
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Beth-jeshimoth was a town in the desert of Moab east of the Jordan near Israel's final encampment before crossing. It is important because it marks the last staging area before entry into the land and later appears in transjordanian territorial descriptions. First appears in Num 33:49.1
Coordinates
31.78, 35.60
First appears
Num 33:49
AI summary: Beth-jeshimoth belongs to the threshold geography of Israel's arrival. It stands close to Abel-shittim and the plains of Moab, placing it near the final preparations before the Jordan crossing. Later references show that the site also mattered within the shifting political map east of the river. The cross references present Beth-jeshimoth as a desert-edge town where encampment, anticipation, and territorial transition meet.1
Latitude
31.78
Longitude
35.60
Bible references
4
House of wastes, or deserts, a town near Abel-shittim, east of Jordan, in the desert of Moab, where the Israelites encamped not long before crossing the Jordan (Num. 33:49; A.V., “Bethjesimoth”). It was within the territory of Sihon, king of the Amorites (Josh. 12:3). 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.