Pisgah

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biblical region mountainous region

Pisgah is a mountainous region in biblical Transjordan traditionally associated with Mount Nebo, from which Moses is said to have viewed the Promised Land.

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Label Occurrences
Pisgah canonical 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical region ⓘ
mountainous region ⓘ
associatedFigure Moses ⓘ
associatedWith Mount Nebo ⓘ
countryModern Jordan ⓘ
culturalSignificance pilgrimage destination region ⓘ
describedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Christian Old Testament ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
hasSubfeature Mount Nebo ⓘ
historicalContext Late Bronze Age Levant ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn Transjordan ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ
Book of Numbers ⓘ
nearbyBiblicalRegion Moab ⓘ
Plains of Moab ⓘ
overlooks Judean Desert ⓘ
surface form: Dead Sea region

Jordan Valley ⓘ
partOf Transjordanian territories of Israel ⓘ
surface form: biblical Transjordan
regionType east of the Jordan River ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
roleInNarrative boundary landmark in Israelite conquest narratives ⓘ
place where Moses viewed the Promised Land ⓘ
scripturalFunction vantage point over the Promised Land ⓘ
terrainType elevated plateau ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
viewDirectionTraditionally westward toward Canaan ⓘ

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Plains of Moab → near → Pisgah ⓘ