10 When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wept loudly, and Joseph mourned seven days for his father. 11 When the Canaanite inhabitants of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn mourning on the part of the Egyptians.” Therefore the place is named Abel-mizraim.[a] It is across the Jordan.

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  1. Genesis 50:11 = Mourning of Egypt

10 When they reached the threshing floor(A) of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly;(B) and there Joseph observed a seven-day period(C) of mourning(D) for his father.(E) 11 When the Canaanites(F) who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.”(G) That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.[a]

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  1. Genesis 50:11 Abel Mizraim means mourning of the Egyptians.

Cities of Refuge

41 Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan to the east.

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Cities of Refuge(A)

41 Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan,

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46 across the Jordan in the valley facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites. He lived in Heshbon, and Moses and the Israelites defeated him after they came out of Egypt. 47 They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings who were across the Jordan to the east,

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46 and were in the valley near Beth Peor east of the Jordan, in the land of Sihon(A) king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites as they came out of Egypt. 47 They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan.

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30 Aren’t these mountains across the Jordan, beyond the western road in the land of the Canaanites, who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, near the oaks[a] of Moreh?

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  1. Deuteronomy 11:30 Sam, LXX, Syr, Aq, Sym read oak; Gn 12:6

30 As you know, these mountains are across the Jordan, westward, toward the setting sun, near the great trees of Moreh,(A) in the territory of those Canaanites living in the Arabah in the vicinity of Gilgal.(B)

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14 Your wives, young children, and livestock may remain in the land Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan.[a] But your fighting men must cross over in battle formation[b] ahead of your brothers[c] and help them 15 until the Lord gives your brothers rest, as He has given you, and they too possess the land the Lord your God is giving them. You may then return to the land of your inheritance(A) and take possession of what Moses the Lord’s servant(B) gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”

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  1. Joshua 1:14 = east of the Jordan River
  2. Joshua 1:14 Or over armed
  3. Joshua 1:14 = fellow Israelites

14 Your wives,(A) your children and your livestock may stay in the land(B) that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men, ready for battle,(C) must cross over ahead of your fellow Israelites.(D) You are to help them 15 until the Lord gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land the Lord your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise.”(E)

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