Ramath-Mizpeh

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rā´math-miz´pe (רמת המּצפּה, rāmath ha-micpeh, "the height of Mizpeh" or "of the watch-tower" (Joshua 13:26), a place mentioned as one of the limits of Gad; Codex Vaticanus Ἀραβὼθ κατὰ τὴν Μασσηφᾶ, Arabṓth katá tḗn Massēphá, Codex Alexandrinus Ραμὼθ κατὰ τὴν Μασφά, Ramṓth katá tḗn Masphá:

A place mentioned in Jos_13:26 in a statement of the boundary of Gad, between Heshbon and Betonim. It may possibly be identical with Mizpah, (1).

There were two Mizpehs on the east of the Jordan. This was the Mizpeh where Jacob and Laban made a covenant, “Mizpeh of Gilead,” called also Galeed and Jegar-sahadutha. It has been identified with the modern es-Salt, where the roads from Jericho and from Shechem to Damascus unite, about 25 miles east of the Jordan and 13 south of the Jabbok.