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After they left the mountains of Abarim they camped on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho.
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On the Plains of Moab their camp stretched along the banks of the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim (Acacia Meadow).
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God spoke to Moses on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho:
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"Tell the People of Israel, When you cross the Jordan into the country of Canaan,
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drive out the native population before you, destroy their carved idols, destroy their cast images, level their worship-mounds
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