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Beyond the Jordan: the baptism site and Mount Nebo · Stop 3 · Day 1
Khirbet al-Mukhayyat, the town of Nebo
820 m above sea level
In the Bible
The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon and other towns of the plateau, among them Nebo, and gave them new names.
Num 32:37–38
The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.Here today
Ruins on a hill near Mount Nebo, held by many to be the biblical town; its small Byzantine churches keep 6th-century mosaics of grape harvest and fishing.
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Land outlines: Natural Earth (public domain).