Pisgah

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Pisgah is a mountainous region in biblical Transjordan traditionally associated with Mount Nebo, from which Moses is said to have viewed the Promised Land.

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Pisgah canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical region
mountainous region
associatedFigure Moses
associatedWith Mount Nebo
countryModern Jordan
culturalSignificance pilgrimage destination region
describedIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
hasSubfeature Mount Nebo
historicalContext Late Bronze Age Levant
languageOfName Hebrew
locatedIn Transjordan
mentionedIn Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Joshua
Book of Numbers
nearbyBiblicalRegion Moab
Plains of Moab
overlooks Dead Sea region
linked to: Judean Desert

Jordan Valley
partOf biblical Transjordan
regionType east of the Jordan River
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
roleInNarrative boundary landmark in Israelite conquest narratives
place where Moses viewed the Promised Land
scripturalFunction vantage point over the Promised Land
terrainType elevated plateau
mountain range
viewDirectionTraditionally westward toward Canaan

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Plains of Moab near Pisgah