Bethjeshimoth sits on the edge of the Promised Land. In the plains of Moab, Israel “pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim” (Numbers 33:49), the last camp before crossing. Joshua later uses it as a marker for the land east of the Jordan: it lies on the way to the salt sea in the list of Sihon’s kingdom (Joshua 12:3), and it is named again among the towns given to Reuben (Joshua 13:20). A waiting-place and a boundary. Numbers 33:48-49 is the clearest place to start.
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And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.
And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,
Matthew George Easton, 1897
House of wastes, or deserts, a town near Abel-shittim, east of Jordan, in the desert of Moab, where the Israelites encamped not long before crossing the Jordan (Num. 33:49; A.V., “Bethjesimoth”). It was within the territory of Sihon, king of the Amorites (Josh. 12:3).
William Smith, 1884
(house of deserts) or Jes’imoth , a town or place east of Jordan, on the lower level at the south end of the Jordan valley, (Numbers 33:49) and named with Ashdod-pisgah and Beth-peor. It was one of the limits of the encampment of Israel before crossing the Jordan. Later it was allotted to Reuben, (Joshua 12:3; 13:20) but came at last into the hands of Moab, and formed one of the cities which were "the glory of the country." (Ezekiel 25:9)