Bible Strands
Joshua 13:20
Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth—
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua catalogs the eastern boundary markers east of the Jordan, concluding a list of conquered cities before detailing the full extent of Sihon’s former kingdom.
The words — פִסְגָּה (pis.Gah) denotes a steep slope or ridge, while יְשִׁמוֹת (y.shi.Mot) literally means a desolate or abandoned place.
The thread — Beth-peor appears in Deuteronomy 4:46 as a landmark in Sihon’s territory, Beth-jeshimoth is listed in Joshua 12:3 as a border city, and the site of Peor is linked to Israel’s idolatry in Numbers 25:3.
Why it lands — The verse functions as a precise geographic marker, requiring the reader to recognize the concrete reality of the allotted territory and the historical fulfillment of the conquest narrative.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Beth–peor, and Ashdoth–pisgah, and Beth–jeshimoth,
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 4:46 while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
- Joshua 12:3 as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
- Numbers 25:3 So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.
- Numbers 33:49 And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.
- Deuteronomy 3:17 The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
- Ezekiel 25:9 therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.