The Places of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy names 86 places; Egypt, Jordan and Bashan most often. 86 of them can be put on a map, 51 with confidence. The places and their references are OpenBible.info’s, which gathers what modern atlases and commentaries say about where each one stood.
- Located with confidence
- Location uncertain
- Mountain
Every place in Deuteronomy
The most often named first. Each place is set where its source puts it, and nowhere else; a place no source locates is listed and not drawn. References follow the chapter and verse numbering of the English Bible, which differs from the Septuagint’s in places.
| Place | References | Source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1:3, 1:27, 1:30, 4:20, 4:34, 4:37, 4:45, 4:46, 5:6, 5:15, 6:12, 6:21 and 39 more | OpenBible.info | High |
| Jordan | 1:1, 1:5, 2:29, 3:8, 3:17, 3:18, 3:20, 3:21, 3:25, 3:27, 3:28, 4:14 and 21 more | OpenBible.info | High |
| Bashan | 1:4, 3:1, 3:3, 3:4, 3:6, 3:10, 3:11, 3:13, 3:14, 4:43, 4:47, 29:7 and 2 more | OpenBible.info | High |
| Mount Seir | 1:2, 1:44, 2:1, 2:4, 2:5, 2:8, 2:12, 2:22, 2:29, 33:2 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Mount Horeb | 1:2, 1:6, 1:19, 4:10, 4:15, 5:2, 9:8, 18:16, 29:1 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Gilead | 2:36, 3:10, 3:12, 3:13, 3:15, 3:16, 4:43, 34:1 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Heshbon | 1:4, 2:24, 2:26, 2:30, 3:2, 3:6, 4:46, 29:7 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Moab | 1:5, 2:8, 2:9, 2:18, 29:1, 32:49, 34:5, 34:6 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Arabah | 1:1, 1:7, 2:8, 3:17, 4:49, 11:30 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Valley of the Arnon | 2:24, 2:36, 3:8, 3:12, 3:16, 4:48 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Kadesh-barnea | 1:2, 1:19, 1:46, 2:14, 9:23 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Ammon | 2:19, 2:37, 3:11, 3:16 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Ar | 2:9, 2:10, 2:18, 2:29 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 145) |
| Pisgah | 3:17, 3:27, 4:49, 34:1 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 403) |
| Argob | 3:4, 3:13, 3:14 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Aroer | 2:36, 3:12, 4:48 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Beth-peor | 3:29, 4:46, 34:6 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 129) |
| Canaan | 1:7, 2:12, 32:49 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Edrei | 1:4, 3:1, 3:10 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Jericho | 32:49, 34:1, 34:3 | OpenBible.info | High |
| LebanonBeyond this plate. | 1:7, 3:25, 11:24 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Massah | 6:16, 9:22, 33:8 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 490) |
| Mount Ebal | 11:29, 27:4, 27:13 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Mount HermonBeyond this plate. | 3:8, 3:9, 4:48 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Amalek | 25:17, 25:19 | OpenBible.info | High |
| EuphratesBeyond this plate. | 1:7, 11:24 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Gomorrah | 29:23, 32:32 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 415) |
| Great Sea | 11:24, 34:2 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Jabbok | 2:37, 3:16 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Meribah | 32:51, 33:2 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Moab | 34:1, 34:8 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Mount Gerizim | 11:29, 27:12 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Mount Nebo | 32:49, 34:1 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 371) |
| Mount Sinai | 33:2, 33:16 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 463) |
| Negeb | 1:7, 34:3 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Salt Sea | 3:17, 4:49 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Sodom | 29:23, 32:32 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 477) |
| Way of the Red Sea | 1:40, 2:1 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Zered | 2:13, 2:14 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Abarim | 32:49 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Admah | 29:23 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 414) |
| Ashtaroth | 1:4 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Baal-peor | 4:3 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 90) |
| Beeroth Bene-jaakan | 10:6 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 407) |
| Bezer | 4:43 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 323) |
| CaphtorBeyond this plate. | 2:23 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Chinnereth | 3:17 | OpenBible.info | High |
| City of Palms | 34:3 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Dizahab | 1:1 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 116) |
| Elath | 2:8 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 394) |
| Ezion-geber | 2:8 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 208) |
| Gaza | 2:23 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Gilgal | 11:30 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 69) |
| Golan | 4:43 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Havvoth-jair | 3:14 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Hazeroth | 1:1 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 360) |
| Hor-haggidgad | 10:7 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 81) |
| Hormah | 1:44 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 453) |
| Jahaz | 2:32 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 302) |
| Jotbathah | 10:7 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 148) |
| Kedemoth | 2:26 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 90) |
| Kibroth-hattaavah | 9:22 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 160) |
| Laban | 1:1 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 135) |
| Meribah | 33:8 | OpenBible.info | High |
| MesopotamiaBeyond this plate. | 23:4 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Moreh | 11:30 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 467) |
| Moseroth | 10:6 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 292) |
| Mount Hor | 32:50 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 224) |
| Mount Paran | 33:2 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 229) |
| Paran | 1:1 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Peor | 4:3 | OpenBible.info | High |
| PethorBeyond this plate. | 23:4 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Rabbah | 3:11 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Ramoth | 4:43 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Red Sea | 11:4 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 164) |
| Salecah | 3:10 | OpenBible.info | High |
| SenirBeyond this plate. | 3:9 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Shephelah | 1:7 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Suph | 1:1 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 104) |
| Taberah | 9:22 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 20) |
| Tophel | 1:1 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 132) |
| Valley of Eshcol | 1:24 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 388) |
| Valley of Jericho | 34:3 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Zeboiim | 29:23 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 470) |
| Zin | 32:51 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Zoar | 34:3 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 305) |
Places from OpenBible.info’s Bible Geocoding Data, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, and from Pleiades, © the Pleiades contributors, under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Coastlines, lakes and rivers from Natural Earth; relief from SRTM and ETOPO1 elevation data by way of the AWS Terrain Tiles; all public domain.