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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

Bible -- Geography; Names in the Bible; Names, Geographical

|              |              |   | (Num. xxxiii. 38.) A
                |              |              |   | double-peaked mountain
                |              |              |   | on the eastern side of
                |              |              |   | the ‘Wâdy ʾArabah,’
                |              |              |   | and about midway
                |              |              |   | between ‘the Salt
                |              |              |   | Sea’ and the Gulf of
                |              |              |   | ʾAkabah. The northern
                |              |              |   | peak is the highest
                |              |              |   | one, on which is the
                |              |              |   | traditional tomb of
                |              |              |   | Aaron. A great open
                |              |              |   | plain extends from the
                |              |              |   | western base into the
                |              |              |   | ‘Wâdy ʾArabah’--and
                |              |              |   | has an area of about
                |              |              |   | 20 square miles. At a
                |              |              |   | higher elevation of
                |              |              |   | 1,000 feet above this
                |              |              |   | plain and between the
                |              |              |   | eastern base of the
                |              |              |   | mountain and Petra,
                |              |              |   | is the open piece of
                |              |              |   | rolling land--called
                |              |              |   | ‘the Plain of Aaron,’
                |              |              |   | which is encircled by
                |              |              |   | the surrounding peaks
                |              |              |   | and over 2 square
                |              |              |   | miles in extent. There
                |              |              |   | is also a little
                |              |              |   | plateau at the fork
                |              |              |   | of the two peaks
                |              |              |   | (now called Jebel
                |              |              |   | Neby Harûn.)--For
                |              |              |   | various descriptions
                |              |              |   | _see_ the records of
                |              |              |   | Burckhardt, Irby and
                |              |              |   | Mangles, Stephens,
                |              |              |   | Wilson, Robinson,
                |              |              |   | Martineau, Stanley.
                |              |              |   | (Professor Hull’s

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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

Bible -- Geography; Names in the Bible; Names, Geographical

|              |              |   | (Num. xxxiii. 38.) A
                |              |              |   | double-peaked mountain
                |              |              |   | on the eastern side of
                |              |              |   | the ‘Wâdy ʾArabah,’
                |              |              |   | and about midway
                |              |              |   | between ‘the Salt
                |              |              |   | Sea’ and the Gulf of
                |              |              |   | ʾAkabah. The northern
                |              |              |   | peak is the highest
                |              |              |   | one, on which is the
                |              |              |   | traditional tomb of
                |              |              |   | Aaron. A great open
                |              |              |   | plain extends from the
                |              |              |   | western base into the
                |              |              |   | ‘Wâdy ʾArabah’--and
                |              |              |   | has an area of about
                |              |              |   | 20 square miles. At a
                |              |              |   | higher elevation of
                |              |              |   | 1,000 feet above this
                |              |              |   | plain and between the
                |              |              |   | eastern base of the
                |              |              |   | mountain and Petra,
                |              |              |   | is the open piece of
                |              |              |   | rolling land--called
                |              |              |   | ‘the Plain of Aaron,’
                |              |              |   | which is encircled by
                |              |              |   | the surrounding peaks
                |              |              |   | and over 2 square
                |              |              |   | miles in extent. There
                |              |              |   | is also a little
                |              |              |   | plateau at the fork
                |              |              |   | of the two peaks
                |              |              |   | (now called Jebel
                |              |              |   | Neby Harûn.)--For
                |              |              |   | various descriptions
                |              |              |   | _see_ the records of
                |              |              |   | Burckhardt, Irby and
                |              |              |   | Mangles, Stephens,
                |              |              |   | Wilson, Robinson,
                |              |              |   | Martineau, Stanley.
                |              |              |   | (Professor Hull’s

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

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