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Place

Moab

east of the Jordan

Region and people east of the Jordan, prominent near the end of the wilderness journey.

154 appearances22 Bible books1 known aliases

Who or what is this?

Region east of the inhabited by the descendants of 's elder daughter, where Israel encamps in the plains of Moab opposite at the end of the wilderness journey. There hires to curse Israel and there Israel falls into idolatry at . delivers the speeches of Deuteronomy and dies on Mount overlooking the land. The book of begins with 's family sojourning in Moab during a famine in .

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Modern location: Kerak. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.

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