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MT NEBO:
A mountain in the land of Moab from which Moses looked for the first and
the last time on the Promised Land (Deut. 32:49;34:1). It has been identified
with Jebel Nebah, on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea, near its northern end,
and about 5 miles south-west of Heshbon. It was the summit of the ridge of
Pisgah (q.v.), which was a part of the range of the "mountains of Abarim." It is
about 2,643 feet in height, but from its position it commands a view of Western
Palestine. Close below it are the plains of Moab, where Balaam, and afterwards
Moses, saw the tents of Israel spread along.
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