Nebo

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Nebo is a Biblical name, used for four villages in Wales. It comes from Mount Nebo, of which the Old Testament speaks on a number of occsions, and most probably from Deuteronomy 34:1:

1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,

3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.

In Britain, Nebo may be: