Beth-nimrah

Beth-nimrah is a fenced town east of the Jordan in the inheritance of Gad, appearing in UPDV under the full form Beth-nimrah and the short form Nimrah.

In the Tribes' Initial Request

When the children of Reuben and Gad ask Moses for the trans-Jordan land, Beth-nimrah surfaces under its short form among the towns they name: "Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon," (Nu 32:3). Nimrah is grouped with Jazer, Heshbon, and the rest of the plateau and valley sites that the eastern tribes will inherit.

In Gad's Allotment

The Joshua boundary description for Gad places Beth-nimrah in the Jordan valley with its companion fortified towns: "and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border [of it], to the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward" (Jos 13:27). The valley setting and the cluster with Beth-haram, Succoth, and Zaphon fix Beth-nimrah's position east of the Jordan in territory that had belonged to Sihon's kingdom.