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(Heb. Kedemoth', ÷ְãֵîåֹú , beginnings; Sept. Êåäìώè , Êåäçìώè , but in Chronicles Êáäìώè v. r. Êáìçäώè ), a city in the tribe of Reuben, assigned with its suburbs (" villages"), to the Levites of the family of Merari (Jos_13:18; Jos_21:37; 1Ch_6:79; in all which passages it is mentioned between Jahazah and Mephaath), with a desert ( îַãְáָּø , open pasture-grounds) of the same name adjacent, whence Moses despatched the messengers requesting of Sihon a peaceable passage through his dominions; which the Israelites were now entering, having crossed the' river Arnon (Deu_2:26). These indications fix its locality not far northeast of Dibon-gad, possibly at the ruined village ed Duleitat (Robinson, Researches, 3, Append. p. 170), east of Medeba (Van de Velde, Map).