Me personally, I enjoyed my visits to Mount Nebo especially the latter.
There was no haze that evening and from this 3300 ft. elevation located just 6 miles north west of Madaba, giving me an opportunity to look out onto “Gilead, as far as Dan,” and seeing for miles what Moses was recorded seeing in Deuteronomy [...]
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Now located on the border of Jordan and Israel, we lost quite a bit of daylight before being allowed down by the river because the soldiers whose job it was to escort us did not have a direct command from their lieutenant, even though the general in charge of the area had already given the green light. It sounds dicey, but actually it is how peace and harmony are insured.
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Posted in Biblical Jordan on Nov 14th, 2007
Rich in Bible history, Jordan is sometimes referred to as “the other Holy Land” offering tourists of all faiths and denominations an opportunity see, feel, and experience first-hand locations mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments. It is also why, as of today, we’re launching the new category of ‘Biblical Jordan’ on both this blog and its associated Wiki.
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