Deuteronomy 3:29

Deuteronomy 3:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So we abode in the valley over against Beth–peor.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So we remained in the valley opposite Beth-peor.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth Peor.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So we stayed in the valley near Beth-peor.

Context of Deuteronomy 3:29

27Go up to the top of Pisgah and look west and north and south and east. Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross this Jordan. 28But commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he will lead this people across and will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.” So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.

Deuteronomy 3:29 word by word

וַנֵּ֣שֶׁב בַּגָּ֔יְא מ֖וּל בֵּ֥ית פְּעֽוֹר׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So we abodeיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in the valleyגַּיְאgay' gay · valleyH1516
• over againstמוּלmûl môl mô'l mûl · oppositeH4136
• Beth–peorבֵּית פְּעוֹרbêyth pe‛ôr · Beth-peorH1047

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 3:29

• Deuteronomy 4:3You saw with your own eyes what the Lord did at Baal Peor. The Lord your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor,
• Deuteronomy 34:6He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is.
• Numbers 25:3So Israel yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor. And the Lord’s anger burned against them.
• Numbers 33:48They left the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Beth-peor - This was a city in the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites; and as בית beth signifies a house, the place probably had its name from a temple of the god Peor, who was worshipped there. Peor was nearly the same among the Moabites that Priapus was among the Romans - the obscene god of an obscene people. This we have already seen. It is very likely that what God speaks here, both concerning Moses and Joshua, was designed to be typical of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Beth-peor, i. e., the house of Peor, no doubt derived its name from a temple of the Moabite god Peor which was there situated. It was no doubt near to Mount Peor Numbers 23:28, and also to the valley of the Jordan perhaps in the Wady Heshban.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-29Verses 21-29 Moses encouraged Joshua, who was to succeed him. Thus the aged and experienced in the service of God, should do all they can to strengthen the hands of those who are young, and setting out in religion. Consider what God has done, what God has promised. If God be for us, who can be against us, so as to prevail? We reproach our Leader if we follow him trembling. Moses prayed, that, if it were God's will, he might go before Israel, over Jordan…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29Beth-peor was also known as Baal-peor (4:3) or simply Peor (Numbers 23:28; Joshua 22:17). Beth-peor became the burial place of Moses (Deuteronomy 34:6). At that place the false prophet Balaam had earlier attempted to curse Israel on behalf of Balak, king of Moab (Numbers 23:27–24:25).Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 3:29

• Beth-Peor
• Moses

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings