KJV King James Version
The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast [thereof], from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.
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Deuteronomy 3:17
The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast [thereof], from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
WEB World English Bible
the Arabah also, and the Jordan and its border, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
ASV American Standard Version
the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the plain, and the Jordan, and the border, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the springs of Pisgah, at the sun -rising.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 3
14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.
15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, [which is] the border of the children of Ammon;
17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast [thereof], from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.
18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all [that are] meet for the war.
19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, ([for] I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;
20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and [until] they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and [then] shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
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וְהָֽעֲרָבָ֖הH6160 · a.ra.vahArabahוְהַיַּרְדֵּ֣ןH3383 · yar.denJordanוּגְבֻ֑לH1366 · ge.vulborder: boundaryמִכִּנֶּ֗רֶתH3672 · kin.n.rot(Sea of) Chinnerethוְעַ֨דH5704 · adtillיָ֤םH3220 · yamseaהָֽעֲרָבָה֙H6160 · a.ra.vahArabahיָ֣םH3220 · yamseaהַמֶּ֔לַחH4417 · me.lachSalt (Sea)תַּ֛חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underאַשְׁדֹּ֥תH798 · ash.dot hap.pis.gahSlopes (of Pisgah)הַפִּסְגָּ֖הH6449 · pis.gahPisgahמִזְרָֽחָה׃H4217 · miz.rachEast (Gate)
Cross-references
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 Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:Genesis 14:3All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.Joshua 3:16That the waters which came down from above stood [and] rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that [is] beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea, failed, [and] were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.Deuteronomy 4:49And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.Numbers 34:11-12And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:Joshua 18:19And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this [was] the south coast.Joshua 15:2And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.Joshua 13:27And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and [his] border, [even] unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.Genesis 19:28-29And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.Joshua 15:5And the east border [was] the salt sea, [even] unto the end of Jordan. And [their] border in the north quarter [was] from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: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.
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