Plains Of Moab
Plains Of Moab [1]
( עִרְבוֹת מוֹאָב , Arboth' Moab', Deserts Of Moab), a plain east of the Jordan, opposite Jericho ( Numbers 22:1; Numbers 26:13; Joshua 13:32), where the Israelites under Moses pitched their encampment on their way into ‘ Canaan ( Numbers 31:12; Numbers 33:48 sq.; Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 1:5), in the vicinity of Nebo ( Deuteronomy 34:1; Deuteronomy 34:8). It is the level spot in the great depression of the Ghar into which Wady Hesban opens, between Wadys Kefrein and Jerifeh, a part of it being called the Valley of Shettim (q.v.). It then belonged to the Amorites ( Numbers 21:22 sq.), but earlier to the Moabites; whence it had its name. In the division of the country it fell to the Gadites and Reubenites ( Numbers 32:33 sq.; Joshua 13:32). (See Amoabite).
