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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70665" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70665" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Pithom]] (''pî'thom'' ), ''house'' or ''temple, of Tum,'' who was the sun-god of Heliopolis, a "treasure city," or ''depot'' of provisions, built by the Israelites in Goshen. Exodus 1:11. [[M.]] Naville has identified Pithom with Pa-Tum, "setting sun," and with ''Tel el-Maskhûta,'' where he found remarkable ruins, brick grain-chambers, and similar evidences of a "store city." </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16876" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16876" /> == | ||
