Mount Abarim
One of the mountains of spiritual realm mentioned in the Bible. It is a mountain or range of mountains on the east of the Jordan, in the land of Moab, opposite to Jericho. (Strong. 2001. #05682).
The LORD GOD told Moses to go up to Mount Abram, to the top of Pisgah one of the summits of Mount Nebo where Moses surveyed the Promised land. Moses was allowed to see the Promised Land, but could not enter into it because he had rebelled against the LORD GOD’s commandment in the desert of Zin when he failed to sanctify Him at the water of Meribah in the midst of the angry congregation.
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that [is] the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.” (Numbers 27:12-14).
“And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, [unto] mount Nebo, which [is] in the land of Moab, that [is] over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession: And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people: Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah–Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. Yet thou shalt see the land before [thee]; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.” (Deuteronomy 32:48-52).
Moses wrote of the encampment places in the journeys of the children of Israel: “These [are] the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these [are] their journeys according to their goings out.” (Numbers 33:1-2).
One of these places included the encampment in the mountains of Abarim, before they journeyed to the plains of Moab by Jordan…
“And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho.” (Numbers 33:47-48).
Reference:
Strong, James. (2001).The New Strong’s Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers.
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Holstein, Joanne “Mountains of Israel: Mount Abarim:.” Becker Bible Studies Library May 2015.<https://guidedbiblestudies.com/?p=2809,>.
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Holstein, Joanne (2015, May) “Mountains of Israel: Mount Abarim:.” Becker Bible Studies Library. Retrieved from https://guidedbiblestudies.com/?p=2809,.
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Holstein, Joanne (2015) “Mountains of Israel: Mount Abarim:.” Becker Bible Studies Library (May), https://guidedbiblestudies.com/?p=2809, (accessed).
