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<p> '''Abarim''' (''Ăb'A-R'' ''Ĭm'' or ''A-Bä'Rim'' ), ''Mountains Beyond,'' or ''Of The Fords,'' a range of mountains east of the river Jordan, in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho. &nbsp;Numbers 27:12; &nbsp;Numbers 33:47; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 32:49. Nebo, Peor, and Pisgah belong to this range. In &nbsp;Jeremiah 22:20 the word is translated "passages" in the Authorized Version, but the Revised Version reads Abarim. </p> <p> [[Ije-Abarim]] in &nbsp;Numbers 21:11 means ''Heaps'' or ''Ruins Of Abarim,'' and was near the same range. </p>

<p> <strong> ABARIM </strong> (‘the parts beyond’). A term used to describe the whole east-Jordan land as viewed from Western Palestine. From there the land beyond Jordan rises as a great mountain chain to a height of 3000 feet and more from the Jordan valley. Hence Abarim is joined with ‘mount’ (&nbsp; Numbers 27:12 , &nbsp; Deuteronomy 32:49 ) and ‘mountains’ (&nbsp; Numbers 33:47 ); also with <em> ‘Iyye </em> , ‘heaps of’ (&nbsp; Numbers 21:11 ). See also &nbsp; Jeremiah 22:20 and &nbsp; Ezekiel 39:11 (RV [Note: Revised Version.]; AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘passages’). </p> <p> E. W. G. Masterman. </p>

<p> '''Ab'arim.''' ''(Regions Beyond).'' A mountain or range of highlands on the east of the Jordan, in the land of Moab, facing Jericho, and forming the eastern wall of the Jordan valley at that part. Its most elevated spot was "the Mount Nebo, 'head' of 'the' Pisgah," from which Moses viewed the [[Promised]] Land before his death. These mountains are mentioned in &nbsp;Numbers 27:12; &nbsp;Numbers 33:47-48; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 32:49. </p>

<p> (Heb. Abarim', עֲבַָרַים, regions ''Beyond,'' i.e. east of the Jordan; Sept. ‘Αβαρίμ, but τὸ πέραν in &nbsp;Numbers 27:12, Vulg. ''Abarim;'' in &nbsp;Jeremiah 22:20, Sept. τὸ πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης, Vulg. ''Transeuntes,'' Auth. Vers. "passages"), a mountain (הִד הָעֵבָרַים, &nbsp;Numbers 27:12; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 32:49), or rather chain of hills (הָעֲבָרַים הָדֵי, &nbsp;Numbers 33:47-48), which form or belong to the mountainous district east of the Dead Sea and the lower Jordan, being situated in the land of Moab (&nbsp;Numbers 21:11), on the route to [[Palestine]] (&nbsp;Numbers 27:12). It was the last station but one of the Hebrews on their way from Egypt to [[Canaan]] (&nbsp;Numbers 33:47-48). (See Ije-Abarim). The range presents many distinct masses and elevations, commanding extensive views of the country west of the river (Irby and Mangles, p. 459). From one of the highest of these, called Mount Nebo, Moses surveyed the Promised Land before he died (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 32:49). From the manner in which thenames Abarim, Nebo, and Pisgah are connected (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 32:49; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 34:1), it would seem that they were different names of the same general mountain chain. (See Nebo). According to Josephus, who styles it [[Abaris]] (‘ Αβαρ ]ς, ''Ant.'' 4:8, 48), it was "a very high mountain, situated opposite Jericho," and [[Eusebius]] (''Onomast. Ναβα'' à ) locates it six miles west of Heshbon. The name Abarim has been tortured by some disciples of the [[Faber]] and Bryant school of etymologists into a connection with the name of a district of Egypt called Abaris or [[Avaris]] (Josephus, Apn, 1:14), and so with the system of [[Egyptian]] idolatry, from the deity of the same name. Affinities between the names of two of the peaks of this range, Nebo and Peor, have also been traced with those of other Egyptian deities, [[Anubis]] and Horis. There is no good foundation for such speculations. </p>

<p> A mountain chain in Palestine, NE. of the Dead Sea, the highest point being Mount Nebo. </p>