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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> (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> ''''' ab´a ''''' - ''''' rim ''''' , ''''' a ''''' - ''''' bā´rim ''''' ( עברים , <i> ''''' ‛ăbhārı̄m ''''' </i> ): The stem idea is that of going across a space or a dividing line, or for example a river. It is the same stem that appears in the familiar phrase "beyond Jordan," used to denote the region east of the Jordan, and Hellenized in the name Peraea. This fact affords the most natural explanation of the phrases 'the mountains of the Abarim' (&nbsp;Numbers 33:47 , &nbsp;Numbers 33:48 ); 'this mountain-country of the Abarim' (&nbsp;Numbers 27:12; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 32:49 ); Iye-abarim, which means "Heaps of the Abarim," or "Mounds of the Abarim" (&nbsp;Numbers 21:11; &nbsp;Numbers 33:44 ). In &nbsp;Numbers 33:45 this station is called simply Iyim, "Mounds." It is to be distinguished from the place of the same name in southern Judah (&nbsp; Joshua 15:29 ). The name Abarim, without the article, occurs in Jer (&nbsp;Numbers 22:20 the Revised Version (British and American), where the King James Version translates "the passages"), where it seems to be the name of a region, on the same footing with the names [[Lebanon]] and Bashan, doubtless the region referred to in Nu and Deuteronomy. There is no reason for changing the vowels in &nbsp; Ezekiel 39:11 , in order to make that another occurrence of the same name. </p> <p> When the people of [[Abraham]] lived in Canaan, before they went to Egypt to sojourn, they spoke of the region east of the Jordan as "beyond Jordan." Looking across the Jordan and the Dead Sea they designated the mountain country they saw there as "the Beyond mountains." They continued to use these geographical terms when they came out of Egypt. We have no means of knowing to how extensive a region they applied the name. The passages speak of the mountain country of Abarim where Moses died, including Nebo, as situated back from the river Jordan in its lowest reaches; and of the Mounds of the Abarim as farther to the southeast, so that the [[Israelites]] passed them when making their detour around the agricultural parts of Edom, before they crossed the Arnon. Whether the name Abarim should be applied to the parts of the eastern hill country farther to the north is a question on which we lack evidence. </p>