Deuteronomy 3:27

Comp. Numbers 27:12 , of which this is a rhetorical amplification. There the mountains of Abarim are mentioned; here Pisgah, the northern portion of that range, is specified. The top of Pisgah ; i . e . Mount Nebo ( Deuteronomy 34:1 ). Westward ; literally, seaward , i . e . towards the Mediterranean; northward ( צָפוֹן , hidden or dark place, where darkness gathers, as opposed to the bright and sunny south); southward , towards the right-hand quarter ( תֵּימָן from יָמִין , the right hand; cf. Exodus 26:18 , "to the south towards the right hand "); eastward , towards the dawn or sun rising; cf. Deuteronomy 4:47 ( מִזְרָח , from זָרַח to shine forth).