Ashdoth-pisgah
ashdoth-pisgah
(deut. 3:17; josh. 12:3; 13:20) in authorized version, but in revised version translated “slopes of pisgah.” in deut. 4:49 it is translated in the authorized version “springs of pisgah.” the name ashdoth is translated “springs” in the authorized version, but “slopes” in the revised version, of josh. 10:40 and 12:8. it has been identified with the springs under mount nebo, now called ‘ayun musa.
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