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Pi-hahiroth

Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia

(according to Egyptian, a place of grass or reeds; according to Hebrew, mouth of the caves) (Ex. 14:2, 9)—an encampment of the Hebrews in the wilderness shortly after their departure from Egypt. It stood near the northern gulf of the Red Sea and east of Baal-zephon. Some investigators identified it with Ajrud, or Agroud, a small fortress with a bitter spring on the road from Cairo to Mecca, about four hours northwest of Suez.

Scripture cited

Exodus 14:2

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