Deuteronomio 34:3

3 el Neguev y la llanura del valle de Jericó, la ciudad de las palmeras, hasta Zoar.

Deuteronomio 34:3 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 34:3

And the south
The southern part of the land, even all of it; and having shown him that, he is directed eastward to take a view of

the plain of the valley of Jericho;
which lay before him, a delightful plain; see ( Joshua 5:10 ) ;

the city of palm trees;
so Jericho was called, because of the multitude of palm trees which grew there, and which Josephus not only testifies {r}, who speaks of it as a plain planted with palm trees, and from whence balsam comes; but several Heathen writers: Pliny says ^F19 Jericho was set with palm trees; Diodorus Siculus ^F20 speaks of the country about Jericho as abounding with palm trees, and in a certain valley, meaning the vale or plains of Jericho, is produced that which is called balsam; so Strabo says ^F21, Jericho is a plain surrounded with mountains abounding with palm trees, where there is a plantation of palm trees, with other fruit trees, the space of a hundred furlongs:

unto Zoar;
near the salt sea; see ( Genesis 19:22 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 De Bello Jud. l. 1. c. 18. sect. 5. & l. 4. c. 8. sect. 2.
F19 Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 14.
F20 Bibliothec. l. 2. p. 132.
F21 Geograph. l. 16. p. 525.

Deuteronomio 34:3 In-Context

1 Y subió Moisés desde la llanura de Moab al monte Nebo, a la cumbre del Pisga, que está frente a Jericó, y el SEÑOR le mostró toda la tierra: Galaad hasta Dan,

2 todo Neftalí, la tierra de Efraín y de Manasés, toda la tierra de Judá hasta el mar Occidental,

3 el Neguev y la llanura del valle de Jericó, la ciudad de las palmeras, hasta Zoar.

4 Entonces le dijo el SEÑOR: Esta es la tierra que juré dar a Abraham, a Isaac y a Jacob, diciendo: "Yo la daré a tu descendencia". Te he permitido verla con tus ojos, pero no pasarás a ella.

5 Y allí murió Moisés, siervo del SEÑOR, en la tierra de Moab, conforme a la palabra del SEÑOR.