Ezekiel 25:9

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.”

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BSBPD

“therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth–jeshimoth, Baal–meon, and Kiriathaim,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Therefore, lo, I am opening the shoulder of Moab--From the cities--from his cities--from his frontier, The beauty of the land, Beth-Jeshimoth, Baal-Meon, and Kiriathaim,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 25:9 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
  2. Numbers 32:37The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
  3. Numbers 33:49And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.
  4. Joshua 12:3as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
  5. Joshua 13:17to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
  6. Joshua 13:19Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,
  7. Joshua 13:20Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth—
  8. 1 Chronicles 5:8Jeiel the chief, Zechariah, and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in Aroer and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.
  9. Jeremiah 48:1Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
  10. Jeremiah 48:23upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,

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