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| <p> On the east of the Jordan, perhaps the highest point of Pisgah, from whence [[Moses]] viewed the promised land. It was opposite Jericho. Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:1 . Identified with <i> Jebel Neba, </i> 31 46' N, 35 44' E . It is about 2,643 feet high, and commands an extensive view of western Palestine. </p> | | <p> The memorable mount where Moses died. It was situated beyond Jordan. The name is derived from a root which signifies to prophecy: whether in allusion to the death of this great man, so called, [[I]] presume not to determine. But certain it is, that his death on this mount, and by the express appointment of the Lord, is very singular and striking. The [[Pisgah]] view which Moses had of the land of [[Canaan]] from this mount, must have been from special assistance from the Lord. We are told that he saw from thence all the land of [[Gilead]] unto Dan, and all the land of [[Naphtali]] and [[Ephraim]] and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah unto the uttermost sea, together with the south and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. ( Deuteronomy 31:1-3.) So that the extremity on one view could not be well less than three-score miles and on the other more than double that; a thing next to an impossibility had not the Lord, for the purpose, supernaturally assisted him. And is it not so with all the objects of faith? Jesus himself, when beheld by faith, is made lovely indeed to the eye of grace; but to the carnal "there is no beauty that we should desire him." </p> <p> [[I]] cannot dismiss this view of Nebo, and the man of God's privileges upon it, without observing, that all he saw was but a type and shadow of the reality which believers in Christ by faith now enjoy of a better country, which Jesus is gone before to take possession of in their name. Old [[Testament]] saints were far less blessed in this particular than New Testament believers. They saw Christ's day afar off, they rejoiced, and were glad. We have seen that day accomplished, and brought nigh, and by faith enter now upon the possession of it in the promises. Oh! for grace then in lively exercise in views more bright and clear than the Pisgah sights from mount Nebo, to set the Lord always before us, and daily to walk by faith in the closest communion and fellowship with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ, till the Lord shall take us home to himself in everlasting fruition, that "where he is, there we may be also." Amen. </p> |
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| == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6576" /> ==
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| <p> ( נבו הר , <i> ''''' har ''''' </i> <i> ''''' nebhō ''''' </i> ; Ναβαύ , <i> ''''' Nabaú ''''' </i> ): A mountain in the land of [[Moab]] which [[Moses]] ascended at the command of [[God]] in order that he might see the Land of [[Promise]] which he was never to enter. There also he was to die. From the following passages (namely, Numbers 33:47; Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:1 ), we gather that it was not far from the plain of Moab in which [[Israel]] was encamped; that it was a height standing out to the West of the mountains of Abarim; that it lay to the East of Jericho; and that it was a spot from which a wide and comprehensive view of [[Palestine]] could be obtained. [[None]] of these conditions are met by <i> '''''Jebel''''' </i> <i> '''''‛Attārūs''''' </i> , which is too far to the East, and is fully 15 miles South of a line drawn eastward from Jericho. <i> '''''Jebel''''' </i> <i> ''''''Osha''''' </i> , again, in Mt. Gilead, commands, indeed, an extensive view; but it lies too far to the North, being at least 15 miles North of a line drawn eastward from Jericho. Both of these sites have had their advocates as claimants for the honor of representing the Biblical Nebo. </p> <p> The "head" or "top" of [[Pisgah]] is evidently identical with Mt. [[Nebo]] (Deuteronomy 34:1 ). After Moses' death he was buried "in the valley in the land of Moab," over against Beth-peor. </p> <p> The name <i> ''''' Nebā ''''' </i> is found on a ridge which, some 5 miles Southwest of <i> ''''' Ḥesbān ''''' </i> and opposite the northern end of the [[Dead]] Sea, runs out to the West from the plateau of Moab, "sinking gradually: at first a broad brown field of arable land, then a flat top crowned by a ruined cairn, then a narrower ridge ending in the summit called <i> ''''' Siāgbah ''''' </i> , whence the slopes fall steeply on all sides. The name Nebo or Neba (the "knob" or "tumulus") applies to the flat top with the cairn, and the name <i> ''''' Tal‛at ''''' </i> <i> ''''' eṣ ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' Ṣufa ''''' </i> to the ascent leading up to the ridge from the North. [[Thus]] we have three names which seem to connect the ridge with that whence Moses is related to have viewed the [[Promised]] Land, namely, first, Nebo, which is identically the same word as the modern <i> ''''' Neba ''''' </i> ; secondly, <i> ''''' Siāghah ''''' </i> , which is radically identical with the [[Aramaic]] <i> ''''' Se'ath ''''' </i> , the word standing instead of Nebo in the [[Targum]] of Onkelos ( Numbers 32:3 ), where it is called the burial place of Moses; thirdly, <i> '''''Tal‛at''''' </i> <i> '''''eṣ''''' </i> - <i> '''''Ṣufa''''' </i> , which is radically identical with the [[Hebrew]] [[Zuph]] ( <i> '''''cūph''''' </i> ), whence [[Mizpah]] ( <i> '''''micpāh''''' </i> ) and [[Zophim]] ( <i> '''''cōphı̄m''''' </i> )... The name Pisgah is not now known, but the discovery of Zophim (compare Numbers 23:14 ) confirms the view now generally held, that it is but another title of the Nebo range." </p> <p> [[Neither]] Mt. [[Hermon]] nor [[Dan]] ( <i> ''''' [[Tell]] ''''' </i> <i> ''''' el ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' Ḳādy ''''' </i> ) is visible from this point; nor can [[Zoar]] be seen; and if the [[Mediterranean]] is the hinder sea, it also is invisible. But, as Driver says ("Dt," <i> Icc </i> , 419), the terms in Deuteronomy 34:1 , Deuteronomy 34:3 are hyperbolical, and must be taken as including points filled in by the imagination as well as those actually visible to the eye. Mr. Birch argues in favor of <i> '''''Tal‛at''''' </i> <i> '''''el''''' </i> - <i> '''''Benāt''''' </i> , whence he believes Dan and Zoar to be visible, while he identifies "the hinder sea" with the Dead [[Sea]] (PEFS, 1898, 110 ff). </p>
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| == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_52189" /> ==
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| <p> This vicinity is included in the reduced Map of the Ordnance Survey east of the Jordan, and is described by Lieut. Conder in the Quar. Statement of the "Pal. Explor. Fund," October 1881, page 275 sq. It was also visited by Dr. Merrill, and his investigations (East of the Jordan, page 241 sq.) confirm the views expressed by us under the art. PISGAH. Tristram remarks (Bible Places, page 349), "A recent traveller has endeavored to show that Jebel Shiagha, the spot where these ruins stand, is Pisgah. The arguments adduced would be equally conclusive in behalf of any of the many flattopped mounds of the neighborhood, one of which must have been Pisgah, although its Arabic equivalent, Fethkhah, seems to have dropped out of the local nomenclature." </p>
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Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [1]
The memorable mount where Moses died. It was situated beyond Jordan. The name is derived from a root which signifies to prophecy: whether in allusion to the death of this great man, so called, I presume not to determine. But certain it is, that his death on this mount, and by the express appointment of the Lord, is very singular and striking. The Pisgah view which Moses had of the land of Canaan from this mount, must have been from special assistance from the Lord. We are told that he saw from thence all the land of Gilead unto Dan, and all the land of Naphtali and Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah unto the uttermost sea, together with the south and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. ( Deuteronomy 31:1-3.) So that the extremity on one view could not be well less than three-score miles and on the other more than double that; a thing next to an impossibility had not the Lord, for the purpose, supernaturally assisted him. And is it not so with all the objects of faith? Jesus himself, when beheld by faith, is made lovely indeed to the eye of grace; but to the carnal "there is no beauty that we should desire him."
I cannot dismiss this view of Nebo, and the man of God's privileges upon it, without observing, that all he saw was but a type and shadow of the reality which believers in Christ by faith now enjoy of a better country, which Jesus is gone before to take possession of in their name. Old Testament saints were far less blessed in this particular than New Testament believers. They saw Christ's day afar off, they rejoiced, and were glad. We have seen that day accomplished, and brought nigh, and by faith enter now upon the possession of it in the promises. Oh! for grace then in lively exercise in views more bright and clear than the Pisgah sights from mount Nebo, to set the Lord always before us, and daily to walk by faith in the closest communion and fellowship with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ, till the Lord shall take us home to himself in everlasting fruition, that "where he is, there we may be also." Amen.
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