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Ashdoth-pisgah

The slopes or springs at the base of Mount Pisgah, used as a boundary marker in the territorial allotments east of the Jordan.

slopes of Pisgah2 Bible books3 chapters3 verse appearancesAlso known as: Ashdothpisgah

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A topographical term meaning the slopes or springs at the base of Mount Pisgah, the summit east of the from which viewed the promised land. The phrase appears as a boundary marker in the allotment of 's territory (Deuteronomy 3:17; 4:49; Joshua 12:3; 13:20), consistently paired with the and the foot of the Pisgah range. It designates a geographical feature rather than a named settlement, and nowhere in the text is it associated with any narrative event beyond these boundary descriptions.

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