Jordan 1 - Mt Nebo

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"Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:" - Deuteronomy 32:49

And so we heeded the call of the Lord, followed in the footsteps of Moses and headed for Mt Nebo the first day our feet touched the soils of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Standing atop the mountain, we never quite figured out where Canaan actually was, but Moses (Mousa in the local lingua) had divine intervention and was probably more in touch with the local geography.

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Photos

Altar inside the church
At the right side of the altar is a photo of the late Pope John Paul II offering prayers at this very same spot

Mosaics
Mosaics in the small museum beside the church

Signboard
Signboard pointing out the directions of all the important places

Milestones
It reads, "MILESTONES FROM THE SIXTH MILE OF THE ROMAN ROAD WHICH JOINED ESBOUS (HESBAN) TO LIVIAS (AL-RAMAH) THE JORDAN VALLEY. THE ROAD WHICH STRETCHED ON THE RIDGE NORTH OF THE WADI UYUN MOUSA, WAS USED BY BYZANTINE PILGRIMS TO REACH THE MEMORIAL OF MOSES ON MOUNT NEBO FROM JERUSALEM"

On Mt Nebo
"And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho: and the LORD showed him all the land of Gil'e-ad, unto Dan, and all Naph'tali, and the land of E'phra-im, and Manas'seh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zo'ar." - Deuteronomy 34:1-3

View from Mt Nebo
Sheep grazing on the hillslopes

View from Mt Nebo
Panaromic view

View from Mt Nebo
Another panaromic shot

Gates
Front gates and sign to the Moses Memorial

Comments

[Wendy yang]

Hello
Hey. These pictures are very cool. i'm studing about egypt in seventh grade. It's actually a project. Well, just saying cool pictures!