Mount Pisgah

A mountain located at the northeast end of the Dead Sea near the ancient city of Jericho. King Balak took the fortuneteller Balaam to the top of Pisgah (Numbers 23:14). God told Moses to go to its summit to view the promised land (Deuteronomy 3:27). Later, Moses returned to the top of Pisgah to die (34:1).

The slopes of Pisgah border the Dead Sea, also known as the Sea of the Arabah (Deuteronomy 3:17; 4:49; Joshua 12:3; 13:20). The King James Version sometimes refers to these slopes as “Ashdoth-pisgah.” Many scholars identify Mount Pisgah with modern, Ras es-Siyaghah, north of Mount Nebo.

See also Mount Nebo.