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( òִøְáåֹú îåֹàָá , Arboth' Moab', Deserts of Moab), a plain east of the Jordan, opposite Jericho (Num_22:1; Num_26:13; Jos_13:32), where the Israelites under Moses pitched their encampment on their way into ‘Canaan (Num_31:12; Num_33:48 sq.; Deu_1:1; Deu_1:5), in the vicinity of Nebo (Deu_34:1; Deu_34:8). It is the level spot in the great depression of the Ghar into which Wady Hesban opens, between Wadys Kefrein and Jerifeh, a part of it being called the Valley of Shettim (q.v.). It then belonged to the Amorites (Num_21:22 sq.), but earlier to the Moabites; whence it had its name. In the division of the country it fell to the Gadites and Reubenites (Num_32:33 sq.; Jos_13:32). SEE AMOABITE.