Mount Nebo

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Mount Nebo is a mountain in present-day Jordan traditionally revered as the place where Moses viewed the Promised Land before he died.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
access road from Madaba
ArabicName Jabal Rum
surface form: Jabal Nībū
associatedWith Moses
coordinates approximately 31.7667°N 35.7250°E
country Jordan
culturalContext biblical geography
distanceFromMadaba approximately 10 kilometers
elevation about 2680 feet
about 817 meters
hasFeature Byzantine mosaics
archaeological remains of churches
modern sculpture of the bronze serpent
viewing platform
hasReligiousSite Basilica of Moses
Franciscan monastery
Memorial of Moses
hasSummit Syagha
heritageStatus important Christian holy site in Jordan
languageOfLocalToponymy Arabic
locatedIn Jordan
Levant region
surface form: Levant

Middle East
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Madaba Governorate
locatedNear Madaba
managedBy Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land
mentionedIn Book of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 34
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
nearbyBodyOfWater Dead Sea
nearbyCity Madaba
overlooks Dead Sea
Jericho area
Jordan Valley
partOf Abarim mountain range
region historic Holy Land area
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
significance traditional site of Moses’ death
traditional site where Moses viewed the Promised Land
timeZone UTC+2
UTC+3 in daylight saving time
tourismType Christian pilgrimage destination
biblical tourism site
pilgrimage site
viewIncludes Jericho
West Bank
on clear days, Jerusalem

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Moses deathPlaceTradition Mount Nebo
land of Moab containsMountain Mount Nebo
Plains of Moab near Mount Nebo
Aseret ha-Dibrot givenAtLocation Mount Nebo
this entity surface form: Mount Horeb
Monastery of the Temptation hasViewOf Mount Nebo
this entity surface form: Mount Nebo (distant view on clear days)
Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land responsibleFor Mount Nebo
this entity surface form: Mount Nebo sanctuary
Egeria described Mount Nebo
Itinerarium Egeriae describes Mount Nebo
Mukawir hasNearbyBiblicalSite Mount Nebo
this entity surface form: Mount Nebo (regional context)
Madaba nearbySite Mount Nebo
Madaba Governorate contains Mount Nebo
Nebo associatedWith Mount Nebo
Nebo near Mount Nebo
Deuteronomy 34 mentionsPlace Mount Nebo
Pisgah associatedWith Mount Nebo
Pisgah hasSubfeature Mount Nebo
Vezot Haberakhah containsEvent Mount Nebo
this entity surface form: Moses views the Promised Land from Mount Nebo