Mount Nebo was a prominent peak in the hilly region of Abarim on the Moabite tableland, east of the Jordan River (Numbers 33:47). It was the place where the aged Moses went to view the promised land and where, a short time later, he died (Deuteronomy 32:49-50; Deuteronomy 34:1; Deuteronomy 34:5-6; see ABARIM).