Mount Pisgah (Bible)
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Some translators of the biblical book of Deuteronomy translate Pisgah as a name of a mountain, usually referring to Mount Nebo.
In the Bible, Moses saw the Promised Land for the first time from Mount Nebo: "And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho". Deu 34:1
Pisgah in Hebrew refers to a "high place" like the top of a mountain or to a "cleft". In translation, "pisgah" may lose its meaning and become a name of the mountain.
A literal translation of the Biblical passage from Hebrew into English might run: "... to Mount Nebo, to its high head (top of the mountain)".
ויעל משה מערבת מואב אל הר נבו ראש הפסגה אשר על פני ירחו" דברים פרק לד"
In the book of Numbers 23:14, Mount Pisgah is also stated as one of several locations from which the Moabite King, Balak, tries unsuccessfully to persuade the prophet Balaam to curse Israel.
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