Difference between revisions of "Pisgah"

<p> <strong> PISGAH </strong> . A mountain in the region of Moab, with a commanding view over both the desert ( Numbers 21:20 ) and Western Palestine. [[Hither]] the [[Israelites]] journeyed from Bamoth, and there took place the extraordinary episode of Balaam, who on the top of Pisgah built seven altars ( Numbers 23:14 ). Its principal distinction, however, is its being the scene of Moses’ vision of the [[Promised]] Land ( Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 34:1 ) and of his death. It fell into the territory of [[Reuben]] ( Joshua 13:20 [AV [Note: Authorized Version.] <strong> Ashdoth-pisgah </strong> , as in Joshua 12:3 and Deuteronomy 3:17; RV [Note: Revised Version.] in all three ‘slopes (mg. ‘springs’) or Pisgah’]). </p> <p> An alternative name for Pisgah is <strong> Neho </strong> (wh. see), referred to in Deuteronomy 32:49 as the scene of the death of Moses. The latter name is preserved by <em> Jebel Nebâ </em> , a range whose summit reaches a height of 2643 feet and commands a view of a large part of Western Palestine. It Isaiah 5 miles S.W. of Heshbon, and runs westward from the [[Moabite]] plateau. </p> <p> R. A. S. Macalister. </p>