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Kedemoth
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Beginnings; easternmost, a city of Reuben, assigned to the Levites of the family of Merari (Josh. 13:18). It lay not far north-east of Dibon-gad, east of the Dead Sea.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(beginnings), one of the towns in the district east of the Dead Sea allotted to the tribe of Reuben, (Joshua 13:18) given by the Merarite Levites. (Joshua 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79) It possibly conferred its name on the “wilderness,” or uncultivated pasture land, “of Kedemoth.” (Numbers 21:33; 2:26,27) etc.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
KED'EMOTH (easternmost), a town in the district east of the Dead Sea, belonging to the tribe of Reuben, Josh 13:18, and assigned to the Merarite Levites. Josh 21:37; 1 Chr 6:79. In the surrounding wilderness Moses encamped before passing through the Amorite country. Deut 2:26.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
antiquity; old age
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
KED'EMOTH (easternmost), a town in the district east of the Dead Sea, belonging to the tribe of Reuben, Josh 13:18, and assigned to the Merarite Levites. Josh 21:37; 1 Chr 6:79. In the surrounding wilderness Moses encamped before passing through the Amorite country. Deut 2:26.