Deuteronomy 3:17

17 the Arabah also, with the Jordan as the boundary, from Chin'nereth as far as the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the 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 boundary, as far over as the river Jabbok, the boundary of the Ammonites;

17 the Arabah also, with the Jordan as the boundary, from Chin'nereth 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 pass over armed before your brethren the people of Israel.

19 But your wives, your little ones, and your cattle (I know that you have many cattle) shall remain in the cities which I have given you,