Mattanah

Mattanah ("gift") was a station on Israel's wilderness itinerary as they crossed the Arnon and approached the Promised Land. Numbers 21:18-19 lists the sequence: "from the wilderness they went on to Mattanah, and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, and from Bamoth to the valley... by the top of Pisgah." The list covers the final approach from the Arnon up to the heights overlooking the Promised Land — passing the well at Beer where Israel sang the Song of the Well. The exact site is uncertain; Khirbet el-Medeiyineh in central Moab is a leading proposal.