Mount Nebo

Jordan / Madaba / Mt. Nebo - Dead Sea
 mountain, interesting place
Place from where Moses 'given the view of the promised land' Holy Land, where he died and was buried.
A Franciscan friary was built in 1932.
Now one of the most important christian sites in Jordan.

www.sacred-destinations.com/jordan/mount-nebo
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nebo_(Jordan)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   31°46'4"N   35°43'33"E

Comments

  • Mt. Nebo: "Over against Jericho"... Must be 7 k"m to the west... Deuteronomy 34 (1- -3) "And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, even Gilead as far as Dan; and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the hinder sea; and the South, and the Plain, even the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, as far as Zoar"...
  • "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up" John 3:14
  • Pope's visits : John Paul 20/3/2000; due to visit - Benedict 5/2009
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