This Holy Week Jericho’s Place Travels and Blogs takes you to Mount Nebo, the promised land. It is located 10 kilometers Northwest of the Roman Byzantine town of Madaba, Jordan.
Mount Nebo is the mountain where Moses saw the Promised Land before he died. The site is now under the custody of Franciscans who is responsible for maintaining the area.
Mount Nebo is mentioned under the book of Deuteronomy 34:1-6 New International Version (NIV)
“Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the Lord showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan, all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea, the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar. Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.”
And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said. He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is.”
Mount Nebo is an important place for Christian pilgrimage.
Even Pope John Paul II made an historic visit to Mount Nebo on March 20, 2000.
From the top of the mountain, you can see the plaque showing all the directions going to Hebron, Herodium, Bethlehem, Qumran, Jerusalem Mount of Olives, Ramallah, Jericho, Nablus and Lake Tiberias.
A lot of ancient mosaics can be found on site for more than thousand years ago and excavation is still ongoing.
A small museum can be found on site showcasing some of the artifacts, paintings and other antiques.
The Brazen Serpent Monument was created by Italian artist Giovanni Fantoni. It represents the life saving bronze serpent set up by Moses into the desert according to the book of Numbers 21:4-9. “So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived”. It was also mentioned in the book of John 3:14, “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up.”
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