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Deuteronomy 3:10

Deuteronomy 3:10

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

The different portions of the conquered territory are here mentioned.

1. The plain ( הַמִּישׁוֹר, the level country); the table-land south of Mount Gilead, as far as the Arnon.

2. The whole of Gilead; the hilly country north of the Jabbok, between Heshbon and Bashan, between the northern and southern table-land.

3. All Bashan, as far eastward as Salchah, the modern Szal-khat or Szarkhad, about seven hours to the east of Busra, and northwards to Edrei, hod. Edra, Ezra or Edhra, an extensive ruin to the west of Busra, still partially inhabited.

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