Deuteronomy 3:16
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16 and to the Reubenites (A)and the Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead as far as the Valley of the Arnon, with the middle of the valley as a border, as far over as the river Jabbok, (B)the border of the Ammonites;
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Numbers 21:24
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24 (A)And Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the (B)Jabbok, as far as to the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strong.
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2 Samuel 24:5
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5 They crossed the Jordan and began from (A)Aroer,[a] and from the city that is in the middle of the (B)valley, toward Gad and on to (C)Jazer.
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- 2 Samuel 24:5 Septuagint; Hebrew encamped in Aroer
Deuteronomy 2:37
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37 Only to the land of the sons of Ammon you did not draw near, that is, to all the banks of the river (A)Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, whatever the Lord our God had forbidden us.
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Joshua 12:2-3
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2 (A)Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and (B)from the middle of the valley as far as the (C)river Jabbok, the boundary of the Ammonites, that is, half of Gilead, 3 and (D)the Arabah (E)to the Sea of Chinneroth eastward, and in the direction of Beth-jeshimoth, to the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, southward to the foot of (F)the slopes of Pisgah;
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Numbers 32:33-38
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33 And (A)Moses gave to them, to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land and its cities with their territories, the cities of the land throughout the country. 34 And the people of Gad built (B)Dibon, (C)Ataroth, (D)Aroer, 35 Atroth-shophan, (E)Jazer, Jogbehah, 36 (F)Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran, (G)fortified cities, and folds for sheep. 37 And the people of Reuben built (H)Heshbon, (I)Elealeh, Kiriathaim, 38 (J)Nebo, and (K)Baal-meon ((L)their names were changed), and (M)Sibmah. And they gave other names to the cities that they built.
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Genesis 32:22
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Jacob Wrestles with God
22 The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children,[a] and crossed the ford of the (A)Jabbok.
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- Genesis 32:22 Or sons
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