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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

=MISHAL=)|              |              |   | preserved in that of
                |              |              |   | Wâdy Mʾaîsleh, 8 miles
                |              |              |   | to the north-east of
                |              |              |   | Accho. Probably one
                |              |              |   | of the ruins in that
                |              |              |   | valley.
                |              |              |   |
=MISREPHOTH-    |Josh. xi. 8;  |_Sarafend_    | 2 |Mentioned with Sidon
 MAIM=          | xiii. 6      |              |   | (Zidon-rabbah). Now
                |              |              |   | the present village
                |              |              |   | and ruins (Sarafend
                |              |              |   | Sarepta) on the
                |              |              |   | coast north of
                |              |              |   | Sidon.--Thompson.
                |              |              |   |
=MITHCAH= (R.V. |Num. xxxiii.  |_Not          |-- |One of the
 =MITHKAH=)     | 29           | identified_  |   | camping-stations of
                |              |              |   | the Israelites in the
                |              |              |   | desert.
                |              |              |   |
=MIZAR=, The    |Ps. xlii. 6   |_Not          |-- |Signifying ‘the
 Hill           |              | identified_  |   | little mountain,’ in
                |              |              |   | the region of the
                |              |              |   | Hermonites.
                |              |              |   |
=MIZPAH= (1),   |Gen. xxxi.    |_Sûf_ (?)*    |11 |Also called
 or =MIZPEH=    | 49; Jud. x.  |              |   | ‘Jegar-sahadutha’
                | 17; xi. 11,  |              |   | (‘the heap of
                | 29, 34; xx.  |              |   | witness’) and
                | 1, 3; xxi.   |              |   | ‘Galeed’ (‘the heap
                | 1, 5, 8; 1   |              |   | of witness’) where
                | Mac. v. 35   |              |   | Jacob and Laban met.
                |              |              |   | The most appropriate
                |              |              |   | site for Mizpeh is
                |              |              |   | that of Sûf, north of
                |              |              |   | the Jabbok and near
                |              |              |   | to Jerash, where a
                |              |              |   | very fine group of
                |              |              |   | rude stone monuments
                |              |              |   | exists.--Conder’s
                |              |              |   | _Heth & Moab_ (new
                |              |              |   | edition), p. 181,
                |              |              |   | and _Primer to Bible

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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

=MISHAL=)|              |              |   | preserved in that of
                |              |              |   | Wâdy Mʾaîsleh, 8 miles
                |              |              |   | to the north-east of
                |              |              |   | Accho. Probably one
                |              |              |   | of the ruins in that
                |              |              |   | valley.
                |              |              |   |
=MISREPHOTH-    |Josh. xi. 8;  |_Sarafend_    | 2 |Mentioned with Sidon
 MAIM=          | xiii. 6      |              |   | (Zidon-rabbah). Now
                |              |              |   | the present village
                |              |              |   | and ruins (Sarafend
                |              |              |   | Sarepta) on the
                |              |              |   | coast north of
                |              |              |   | Sidon.--Thompson.
                |              |              |   |
=MITHCAH= (R.V. |Num. xxxiii.  |_Not          |-- |One of the
 =MITHKAH=)     | 29           | identified_  |   | camping-stations of
                |              |              |   | the Israelites in the
                |              |              |   | desert.
                |              |              |   |
=MIZAR=, The    |Ps. xlii. 6   |_Not          |-- |Signifying ‘the
 Hill           |              | identified_  |   | little mountain,’ in
                |              |              |   | the region of the
                |              |              |   | Hermonites.
                |              |              |   |
=MIZPAH= (1),   |Gen. xxxi.    |_Sûf_ (?)*    |11 |Also called
 or =MIZPEH=    | 49; Jud. x.  |              |   | ‘Jegar-sahadutha’
                | 17; xi. 11,  |              |   | (‘the heap of
                | 29, 34; xx.  |              |   | witness’) and
                | 1, 3; xxi.   |              |   | ‘Galeed’ (‘the heap
                | 1, 5, 8; 1   |              |   | of witness’) where
                | Mac. v. 35   |              |   | Jacob and Laban met.
                |              |              |   | The most appropriate
                |              |              |   | site for Mizpeh is
                |              |              |   | that of Sûf, north of
                |              |              |   | the Jabbok and near
                |              |              |   | to Jerash, where a
                |              |              |   | very fine group of
                |              |              |   | rude stone monuments
                |              |              |   | exists.--Conder’s
                |              |              |   | _Heth & Moab_ (new
                |              |              |   | edition), p. 181,
                |              |              |   | and _Primer to Bible

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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