Hazeroth
Hazeroth is a settlement mentioned in 6 verses. Its most likely location is Ain el Khadra. The name means “villages; palaces.”
Where is Hazeroth?
Approx. 28.8969, 34.4217 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Possible modern locations
| Identification | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ain el Khadra | settlement | Medium |
| along Wadi al Aghaydira | settlement | Low |
Hazeroth in the Bible dictionary
Fenced enclosures consisting of “a low wall of stones in which thick bundles of thorny acacia are inserted, the tangled branches and long needle-like spikes forming a perfectly impenetrable hedge around the encampment” of tents and cattle which they sheltered. Such like enclosures abound in the wilderness of Paran, which the Israelites entered after leaving Sinai (Num. 11:35; 12:16; 33:17, 18). This third encampment of the Israelites has been identified with the modern ‘Ain el-Hudhera, some 40 miles north-east of Sinai. Here Miriam (q.v.), being displeased that Moses had married a Cushite wife (Num. 12:1), induced Aaron to join with her in rebelling against Moses. God vindicated the authority of his “servant Moses,” and Miriam was smitten with leprosy. Moses interceded for her, and she was healed (Num. 12:4-16). From this encampment the Israelites marched northward across the plateau of et-Tih, and at length reached KADESH.
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Verses that mention Hazeroth
- Numbers 11:35
And the people journeyed from Kibroth–hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
- Numbers 12:1
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
- Numbers 12:16
And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
- Numbers 33:17
And they departed from Kibroth–hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
- Numbers 33:18
And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
- Deuteronomy 1:1
These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.