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Kadesh Barnea is a key feature in the common biblical formula delineating the southern border of the Land of Israel (cf. Numbers 34:4, Joshua 15:3, Ezekiel 47:19 etc.) [4] and thus its identification is key to understanding both the ideal and geopolitically realised borders of ancient Israel. Petra, sometimes identified as an eastern Kadesh
Azmon is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible books of Numbers and Joshua . [1] According to a researcher of Bedouin culture, biblical Azmon was an oasis known to Arabic-speaking Bedouin as Gusayma , named for the gaysum plant ( Achillea fragrantissima ) which grows abundantly in the region. [ 2 ]
The term "Land of Israel" is a direct translation of the Hebrew phrase ארץ ישראל (Eretz Yisrael), which occasionally occurs in the Bible, [12] and is first mentioned in the Tanakh in 1 Samuel 13:19, following the Exodus, when the Israelite tribes were already in the Land of Canaan. [13]
Attempting to locate many of the stations of the Israelite Exodus is a difficult task, if not infeasible. Though most scholars concede that the narrative of the Exodus may have a historical basis, [9] [10] [11] the event in question would have borne little resemblance to the mass-emigration and subsequent forty years of desert nomadism described in the biblical account.
Historical geographer, Joseph Schwarz (1804–1865), sought to establish the bounds of the Amanah mountain range described in rabbinic literature, adding that it is to be identified with Mount Hor, "the northern terminus of Palestine", and which, according to him, "extends south of Tripoli as the promontory of Mount Hor (Numbers 34:7), called ...
Map of the twelve tribes of Israel; Simeon is shaded gold, in the south Map of Simeon's territory (east is on the top of the map). According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe consisted of descendants of Simeon, the second son of Jacob and of Leah, from whom it took its name. [4]
[17] (3) Hence, when the Israelites came from Egypt to Israel, according to Numbers 20:1–21:3, [18] only Aaron is not allowed to enter this land because he has sinned — the rest of the Israelites, however, can conquer the area. Ancient Israel according to the Bible (9th century BCE, approximate)
1. Judges 20:1 during the Battle of Gibeah at the end of the Book of Judges "Then all Israel from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came together as one and assembled before the LORD in Mizpah." 2. 1 Samuel 3:20 during the "Calling of Samuel" "And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of ...