King James Version
Deuteronomy 3:29 in the King James Version says “So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.”
Deuteronomy 3:29 · KJV
Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. Pisgah: or, the hill
But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.
So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“So we abode”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“in the valley”
H1516a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
“over against”
H4136properly, abrupt, i.e., a precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite
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