Mount Nebo is located in Moab, east of the Jordan River, which today is in the Kingdom of Jordan. It rises more than 1,200 meters / 4,000 feet over the nearby Dead Sea, and from it a great amount of Israel can be seen on a clear day. The magnificent view would have made the scene all that more bittersweet - a tear or two very possibly ran down that noble old weather-beaten face as he gazed out over the land he would not then be allowed to enter.