A town in Moab Joshua gave to the tribe of Reuben (Joshua 13:17, called Bamoth-baal). It was one of Israel’s last secure points on the route into Canaan, the Promised Land (Numbers 21:19–20).
Bamoth-baal, a mountain or high place, was probably a shrine to the Canaanite god Baal. King Balak of Moab took the prophet Balaam there to try to get him to curse Balak’s enemies, the people of Israel (Numbers 22:41–23:13).