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Abarim () is the Hebrew name used in the Bible for a mountain range "across the Jordan", understood as east of the Jordan Rift Valley, i.e. in Transjordan, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea, extending from Mount Nebo — its highest point — in the north, perhaps to the Arabian desert in the south.

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Mountain.name
Abarim
Mountain.image
Madaba Hills from Mount Nebo at Sunrise.jpg
Mountain.image_caption
Madaba Hills from Mount Nebo at sunrise
Mountain.elevation_m
710
Mountain.country
Jordan
Mountain.map
Jordan#Middle East#Asia
Mountain.fetchwikidata
ALL

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Elevation
817
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Dead Sea from Mt Nebo.jpg
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Abarim () is the Hebrew name used in the Bible for a mountain range "across the Jordan", understood as east of the Jordan Rift Valley, i.e. in Transjordan, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea, extending from Mount Nebo — its highest point — in the north, perhaps to the Arabian desert in the south.

==Etymology and description== According to Cheyne and Black, its Hebrew meaning is "'Those-on-the-other-side'—i.e., of the Jordan." The Vulgate (Deuteronomy 32:49) gives its etymological meaning as passages. Its northern part was called Pisgah, and the highest peak of Pisgah was Mount Nebo (Numbers 23:14; 27:12; 21:20; 32:47; Deuteronomy 3:27; 34:1; 32:49).

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