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PISGAH

(Heb. pisgâ)

A mountain or mountain range (Heb. “peak” or “slope”) in northwestern Moab in close proximity to Mt. Nebo (Num. 21:20; Deut. 3:17; 4:49; Josh. 12:3; 13:20). It is part of the Abarim promontory of the Moabite Plateau that slopes toward the Dead Sea and the Jordan Rift Valley. Balak built seven altars atop Pisgah, and from there Balaam spoke his oracle over Israel (Num. 23:14). From Pisgah Moses was shown the Promised Land and there he died (Deut. 3:27; 34:1).

Most scholars identify Pisgah with Râs es-Siyaghah just N of Jebel en-Nebā (Mt. Nebo). Although Pisgah’s location is lower than Mt. Nebo, it commands a breathtaking view of the Rift Valley and beyond, as far as Jerusalem and Mt. Hermon on clear days. Excavations on top of Pisgah have revealed a Byzantine church erected to the memory of Moses.

Bibliography. M. Piccirillo, The Mosaics of Jordan (Amman, 1993), 133-51.

Friedbert Ninow

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PISGAH

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)