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Joshua 13:20

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Joshua 13:20 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,
Joshua 13:20 — American Standard Version

Context — Joshua 13

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
17Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
18and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
19and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mount of the valley,
20and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,
21and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, that dwelt in the land.
22Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among the rest of their slain.
23And the border of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and the border [thereof]. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And Bethpeor, etc.] So called from Peor, the idol of the Moabites, and where very likely there had been a temple built to the honour of it; over against this place was a valley, where Israel abode some time, (<050329>Deuteronomy 3:29); and Ashdodpisgah; of which (see <050317>Deuteronomy 3:17); and Bethjeshimoth; of which (see <043349>Numbers 33:49).”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The writer appends to the command of God Joshua 13:1-7 a statement that the other two tribes and a half had already had their inheritance marked out for them by Moses in the land east of Jordan. The boundaries of this territory as a whole are first set forth Joshua 13:8-14, and afterward the portions assigned within it to the two tribes and a half are severally described Joshua 13:15-33. Joshua 13:14 See Deuteronomy 18:1-5 and notes. Joshua 13:15-24 Inheritance of the tribe of Reuben. This territory was the most southerly of the trans-Jordanic possessions of Israel, and adjoined Moab, which lay only on the other side of the Arnon. Hence, the Reubenites became in after times much intermixed…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Bethpeor: Num 25:3; Deu 4:46 Ashdothpisgah: or, springs of Pisgah, or, the hill, Jos 12:3; Deu 3:17 Bethjeshimoth: Num 33:49; Eze 25:9 Joshua 13:21”
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