Deuteronomy 3:17

17 the Arabah also, with the Jordan as the border, from 1Chinnereth as far as 2the Sea of the Arabah, 3the Salt Sea, under 4the slopes of Pisgah on the east.

Deuteronomy 3:17 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 3:17

The plain also, and Jordan
The plain by Jordan, the plains of Moab on the side of it, together with the river:

and the coast thereof;
the country adjoining to it:

from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea;
that is, from Gennesaret, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, called the land of Gennesaret, ( Matthew 14:34 ) , from thence to the sea of Sodom, the sea of the plain, where the cities of the plain stood, Sodom, Gomorrah, &c. and the salt sea, so called from the salt and nitrous waters of it, the lake Asphaltites:

under Ashdothpisgah eastward;
mentioned among the cities given to the tribe of Reuben, ( Joshua 13:20 ) rendered "the springs of Pisgah", ( Deuteronomy 4:49 ) , the word having the signification of effusions, pourings out; so the Targums.

Deuteronomy 3:17 In-Context

15 To Machir I gave Gilead,
16 and to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead as far as the Valley of the Arnon, with the middle of the valley as a border, as far over as the river Jabbok, the border of the Ammonites;
17 the Arabah also, with the Jordan as the border, from Chinnereth as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east.
18 "And I commanded you at that time, saying, 'The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor shall cross over armed before your brothers, the people of Israel.
19 Only your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall remain in the cities that I have given you,

Cross References 4

  • 1. See Numbers 34:11
  • 2. Deuteronomy 4:49; Joshua 3:16; Joshua 12:3; 2 Kings 14:25
  • 3. See Genesis 14:3
  • 4. [Numbers 21:15]
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