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Ashdoth Pisgah

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ash´doth piz´ga ( אשׁדּות הפסגּה , 'ashdōth ha -piṣgāh ): Thus the King James Version for the Revised Version (British and American) "The slopes (the Revised Version, margin springs) of Pisgah." The spurs and ravines, or the "shoulders" of Pisgah are meant. 'Ashēdāh is "a pouring out," and 'āshēdōth are the slopes of a mountain from which springs gush forth. In Joshua 10:40; Joshua 12:8 , 'Áshēdōth , translated "springs" in the King James Version, is "slopes" in the Revised Version (British and American) (Deuteronomy 3:17; Joshua 12:3; Joshua 13:20 ). See PISGAH .

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Ashdoth Pisgah'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​a/ashdoth-pisgah.html. 1915.