KEDEMOTH kĕd’ ə mŏth (קְדֵמֹ֔ות). A city, prob. on the upper course of the Arnon River, from which Moses sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, requesting a passage through his country (Deut 2:26; Josh 13:18). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben and became a Merarite Levitical city (Josh 21:37; 1 Chron 6:79). It may be modern Qasr ez-Za’feran.