Deuteronomy 34:3

3 the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.

Deuteronomy 34:3 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
English Standard Version (ESV)
3 the Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
New Living Translation (NLT)
3 the Negev; the Jordan Valley with Jericho—the city of palms—as far as Zoar.
The Message Bible (MSG)
3 the Negev and the plains which encircle Jericho, City of Palms, as far south as Zoar.
American Standard Version (ASV)
3 and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
3 the Negev, and the Jordan Plain--the valley of Jericho (the City of Palms)--as far as Zoar.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
3 the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
3 Moses saw the Negev Desert. He saw the whole area from the Valley of Jericho all the way to Zoar. Jericho was also known as The City of Palm Trees.

Deuteronomy 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 ) .


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.

Deuteronomy 34:3 In-Context

1 Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan,
2 all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea,
3 the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.
4 Then the LORD said to him, “This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.”
5 And Moses the servant of the LORD died there in Moab, as the LORD had said.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Genesis 12:9
  • 2. Judges 1:16; Judges 3:13; 2 Chronicles 28:15
  • 3. S Genesis 13:10
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