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Place

Beth Jeshimoth

Town in the plains of Moab marking one end of Israel's last wilderness camp before crossing the Jordan, later listed as a Reubenite possession.

Moabite border town3 Bible books4 chapters4 verse appearancesAlso known as: Bethjeshimoth

What and where is this?

Beth Jeshimoth is a town in the plains of , east of the near the northern end of the . Numbers 33:49 places the final encampment extending from Beth Jeshimoth to before the crossing into . In the tribal allotments it was assigned to (Josh 12:3; 13:20), and lists it among the towns of Moab that would face judgment (Ezek 25:9), reflecting that it reverted to control.

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Modern location: Tell Azeimeh. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.

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