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Pisgah in the Bible.

Pisgah is a mountain in the Bible, about 47 km (29 miles) east of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 8 verses, from Numbers 21:20 to Joshua 13:20.

About Pisgah.

A part, a mountain summit in the land of Moab, in the territory of Reuben, where Balak offered up sacrifices (Num. 21:20; 23:14), and from which Moses viewed the promised land (Deut. 3:27). It is probably the modern Jebel Siaghah.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

People named with Pisgah.

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All 8 verses that name Pisgah.

Numbers 2

  • Numbers 21:20And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
  • Numbers 23:14And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

Deuteronomy 4

  • Deuteronomy 3:17The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.
  • Deuteronomy 3:27Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
  • Deuteronomy 4:49And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
  • Deuteronomy 34:1And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

Joshua 2

  • Joshua 12:3And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:
  • Joshua 13:20And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,

Questions about Pisgah.

Where is Pisgah in the Bible?

Pisgah is a mountain about 47 km (29 miles) east of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Pisgah named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Pisgah in 8 verses, in 3 books, from Numbers 21:20 to Joshua 13:20.

Which people are named with Pisgah in the Bible?

The verses that name Pisgah also name Dan and Moses.

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