A dictionary of the . st ofthe apostle Paul. MOAB {of the father), a name usedfor the Moabites, and also for their ter- ritory. Num. 22 : 3-14; Jud. 3 : 30; 2Sam. 8 : 2 ; 2 Kgs. 1:1; Jer. 48 : 4. Theterritory of the Moabites, originally in-habited by the Emims, Deut. 2:10, layon the east of the Dead Sea and the Jor-dan, strictly on the south of the torrentArnon, Num. 21 : 13 : Ruth 1 : 1, 2; 2 :6; but in a w^der sense it included alsothe region anciently occupied by theAmorites. Num. 21 : 32, 33 ; 22 : 1; 26 :3 ; 33 : 48 ; Deut. 34 :1. The territorywas 50 miles long and 20 wide. It was
A dictionary of the . st ofthe apostle Paul. MOAB {of the father), a name usedfor the Moabites, and also for their ter- ritory. Num. 22 : 3-14; Jud. 3 : 30; 2Sam. 8 : 2 ; 2 Kgs. 1:1; Jer. 48 : 4. Theterritory of the Moabites, originally in-habited by the Emims, Deut. 2:10, layon the east of the Dead Sea and the Jor-dan, strictly on the south of the torrentArnon, Num. 21 : 13 : Ruth 1 : 1, 2; 2 :6; but in a w^der sense it included alsothe region anciently occupied by theAmorites. Num. 21 : 32, 33 ; 22 : 1; 26 :3 ; 33 : 48 ; Deut. 34 :1. The territorywas 50 miles long and 20 wide. It wasdivided into three portions, each bearinga distinct name: (1) Land of Moab, Deut. 1: 5, lyingbetween the Arnon and the Jabbok; (2)The field of Moab, a tract south of theArnon, Ruth 1:2; (3) The plains ofMoab, the tract in the Jordan valleyopposite Jericho, Num. 22 :1. Physical Features.—Except the narrowstrip in the valley of the Jordan, Moabis nearly all table-land, consisting of anuneven or rolling plateau, elevated above. Mountains of Moab. the Mediterranean about 3200 feet. Atthe north this plateau slopes gently intoa plain, and on the east into the Syriandesert. The principal streams are the37 Arnon and the Jabbok and the Jordan. Itis admirably suited for pasture, as shownby Mesha, who paid a tribute of 100,000lambs and 100,000 rams. 2 Kgs. 3 : 4. 577 MOA MOA History.—The race of Moab, havingits origin about the time of the destruc-tion of the cities of the plain, and cradledin the mountains above Zoar, graduallyextended over the region east of theDead Sea, expelling the ancient originalinhabitants, the Emim. Deut. 2 : hundred years later, when the Is-raelites were approaching the PromisedLand, the Moabites had become a greatnation. But they had been driven southof the Arnon by the warlike 21: 13 ; Jud. 11: 18. Balak andMidian called Balaam to curse the chosenpeople. Num. 22 : 4, 5. The Israelitesmastered the region from north of theArnon, but Moa
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