Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab. Ar, called in later times Rabbah, was the capital of Moab, and situated 25 miles south of the Arnon, on the banks of a small but shady stream-the Beni-Hamed, now Rabba-between Kerek and Wady-Mizgeb. It is here mentioned as representative of the country dependent on it-a rich and well-cultivated country, as appears from the numerous ruins of cities, as well as from the traces of tillage still visible on the fields. [The Septuagint has: Aroeer.]