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Bamoth-Baal was an elevated point in the land of Moab mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the first of three places where the prophet Balaam delivered an oracle ( Numbers 22:41). It was allotted to the Tribe of Reuben , and included with a list of towns near Heshbon ( Joshua 13:17). It is probably identical with the Bamoth between Nahaliel and the "valley that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah ", mentioned in the list of stopping-places in Numbers 21:19-20. Bethbamot in the Moabite Stone , line 27 (perhaps this is also the reading of Isaiah 16:2), may also be considered as connected with it. According to the allotments in Joshua 13:17, some take the place to be on Mount 'Aṭṭârûs . The statement of Eusebius , which places it on the Arnon , is likely inaccurate. Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible .
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Bamoth-Baal was an elevated point in the land of Moab ( Num. xxii. 41), which was allotted to the Tribe of Reuben ( Josh. xiii. 17). It is probably identical with the Bamoth between Nahaliel and the "valley that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah ," mentioned in the list of stopping-places in Num. xxi. 19 et seq. Bethbamot in the Moabite Stone , line 27 (perhaps this is also the reading of Isaiah xvi. 2), may also be considered as connected with it. According to the allotments in Josh. xiii. 17, some take the place to be on Mount 'Aṭṭârûs . The statement of Eusebius , which places it on the Arnon , is likely inaccurate.
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Bamoth-Baal was an elevated point in the land of Moab mentioned in the Hebrew Bible ( Numbers 22:41).It was allotted to the Tribe of Reuben , and included with a list of towns near Heshbon ( Joshua 13:17). It is probably identical with the Bamoth between Nahaliel and the "valley that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah ", mentioned in the list of stopping-places in Numbers 21:19-20. Bethbamot in the Moabite Stone , line 27 (perhaps this is also the reading of Isaiah 16:2), may also be considered as connected with it. According to the allotments in Joshua 13:17, some take the place to be on Mount 'Aṭṭârûs . The statement of Eusebius , which places it on the Arnon , is likely inaccurate. Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible .
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elevated point in the land of moab
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elevated point in the land of moab mentioned in the hebrew bible as the first of three places where the prophet
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