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Beth-Jeshimoth
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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Town in the district east of the Jordan, allotted to the tribe of Reuben according to Numbers 33:49 and Joshua 12:3, 13:20; but in Ezekiel 25:9 it is mentioned as a Moabitish city. Josephus calls the city "Besimoth" ("B. J." 4:7, § 6). Eusebius speaks of it as "Bethsimuth," and states that it was situated on the Dead Sea, 10 Roman miles southeast of Jericho. Its exact site is said to have been on a sandy hill southwest of Beth-haran. From this it appears that the Talmudic assertion that Beth-jeshimoth is 12 miles distant from Abel-shittim is not correct (Neubauer, "G. T." p. 251).
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Beth-Jeshimoth'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/b/beth-jeshimoth.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Beth-Jeshimoth'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/b/beth-jeshimoth.html. 1901.
