Lexical Definition

‎קְדֵמוֹת‎ Qᵉdêmôwth (ked-ay-mothe') Kedemoth ^N:N--L
from ‎קָדַם‎; beginnings

Kedemoth.

• § Kedemoth = "eastern"
• Kedemoth, a place in eastern Palestine

1) one of the towns in the district east of the Dead Sea allotted to the tribe of Reuben and given to the Merarite Levites

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קְדֵמֹת‎ proper name, of a location in Reuben (Moab) Κεδ(α)μωθ, Καδημωθ, etc.; Josh 13:18, ‎מ֑וֺת‎ Josh 21:37; 1Chr 6:64* hence ‎מִדְבַּר קְדֵמוֺת‎ Deut 2:26 of contiguous desert; — ‎׳‎‎ק‎ lay north of upper Arnon; not identified; Buhl^{George. 268} conjecture Umm-er-raƒâƒ, approximately 10 miles east-northeast from Dibon (compare Tristr^{Moab 140ff.} Bd^{Pal. 3 (1898), 177}).

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Kedemoth • A town in Moab, later a Levitical city in Reuben

Kedemoth, a town in Moab from which Moses sent messengers to Sihon, later became a Levitical city within the territory of Reuben (Deuteronomy 2:26; Joshua 13:18; 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79).

• A location first mentioned at Deu.2.26;
• only referred to as Kedemoth קְדֵמוֹת.
  

Kedemoth was a town located in the land of Moab, east of the Jordan River. It is first mentioned in Deuteronomy 2:26, where Moses sent messengers from Kedemoth to Sihon, king of the Amorites, requesting passage through his land. After the conquest of Canaan, Kedemoth was allotted to the tribe of Reuben (Joshua 13:18) and later designated as a Levitical city for the Merarite clan (Joshua 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79). The Levites were distributed among the various tribes and given cities to dwell in, where they could fulfill their religious duties. The exact location of Kedemoth is unknown, but it was likely situated in the plateau region east of the Dead Sea.

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