Deuteronomio 34:3

3 Y la parte meridional, y la campiña, la vega de Jericó, ciudad de las palmas, hasta Soar.

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 SUBIO Moisés de los campos de Moab al monte de Nebo, á la cumbre de Pisga, que está enfrente de Jericó: y mostróle Jehová toda la tierra de Galaad hasta Dan,

2 Y á todo Nephtalí, y la tierra de Ephraim y de Manasés, toda la tierra de Judá hasta la mar postrera;

3 Y la parte meridional, y la campiña, la vega de Jericó, ciudad de las palmas, hasta Soar.

4 Y díjole Jehová: Esta es la tierra de que juré á Abraham, á Isaac, y á Jacob, diciendo: A tu simiente la daré. Hétela hecho ver con tus ojos, mas no pasarás allá.

5 Y murió allí Moisés siervo de Jehová, en la tierra de Moab, conforme al dicho de Jehová.