Joshua 13:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,

Beth-peor = Baal-peor (Numbers 25:3; Numbers 25:5), and Peor (Numbers 23:28) - not yet identified.

Ashdoth-pisgah - i:e., ravines at foot of Pisgah (Joshua 12:3; Deuteronomy 3:17; Deuteronomy 4:49).

Beth-jeshimoth - i:e., the house of the wastes, or 'house of muir,' as they would call it in Scotland. The waste or wilderness referred to is the desert tract on the east side of the Dead Sea.

Joshua 13:20

20 And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah,c and Bethjeshimoth,