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Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia

(villages) (Num. 11:35; 12:16; 33:17) — an encampment of the Hebrews in the wilderness during their forty years’ wandering there. It is supposed to be the present-day el-Hudeira, eighteen hours’ journey from Sinai, west of the Gulf of Aqaba, abounding in palm trees. Here Aaron and Miriam spoke disrespectfully of Moses, for which they were rebuked by God, and Miriam was punished with seven days of leprosy.

Scripture cited

Numbers 11:35

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