| <p> ''''' hôr ''''' ( הר ההר , <i> ''''' hōr hā ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' hār ''''' </i> ; literally, "Hor, the mountain"): </p> <h4> 1. Not ''''' Jebel Neby Hārūn ''''' </h4> <p> (1) a tradition identifying this mountain with Jebel Neby Harun may be traced from the time of [[Josephus]] ( <i> Ant. </i> , IV, iv, 7) downward. Eusebius, <i> Onomasticon </i> (s.v. Ὅρ , <i> ''''' Hōr ''''' </i> ) favors this identification, which has been accepted by many travelers and scholars. In <i> Hdb </i> , while noting the fact that it has been questioned, Professor Hull devotes all the space at his disposal to a description of <i> ''''' Jebel Neby Hārūn ''''' </i> . It is now recognized, however, that this identification is impossible. Niebuhr ( <i> Reise nach Arab </i> ., 238), Pocoke ( <i> Description of the East </i> , I, 157), Robinson ( <i> Br </i> , I, 185), Ewald ( <i> Hist. of [[Israel]] </i> , II, 201, note), and others had pointed out difficulties in the way, but the careful discussion of Dr. H. Clay Trumbull ( <i> [[Kadesh]] [[Barnea]] </i> , 127ff) finally disposed of the claims of <i> ''''' Jebel Neby Hārūn ''''' </i> . </p> <h4> 2. Suggested Identification </h4> <p> From Numbers 20:22; Numbers 33:37 we may perhaps infer that Mt. Hor, "in the edge of the land of Edom," was about a day's journey from Kadesh. The name "Hor the mountain" suggests a prominent feature of the landscape. [[Aaron]] was buried there ( Numbers 20:28; Deuteronomy 32:50 ). It was therefore not in Mt. Seir ( Deuteronomy 2:5 ), of which not even a foot-breadth was given to Israel. <i> '''''Jebel Neby Hārūn''''' </i> is certainly a prominent feature of the landscape, towering over the tumbled hills that form the western edges of the Edom plateau to a height of 4,800 ft. But it is much more than a day's journey from Kadesh, while it is well within the boundary of Mt. Seir. The king of Arad was alarmed at the march to Mt. Hor. Had Israel marched toward <i> '''''Jebel Neby Hārūn''''' </i> , away to the Southeast, it could have caused him no anxiety, as he dwelt in the north. </p> <h4> 3. Jebel Maderah </h4> <p> This points to some eminence to the North or Northeast of Kadesh. A hill meeting sufficiently all these conditions is <i> ''''' Jebel Maderah ''''' </i> (see [[Halak]] , Mount ), which rises to the Northeast of <i> ''''' ‛Ain ḳadı̄s ''''' </i> (Kadesh-barnea). It stands at the extreme Northwest boundary of the land of Edom, yet not within that boundary. Above the barrenness of the surrounding plain this "large, singular-looking, isolated chalk hill" rises "alone like a lofty citadel," "steep-sided" and "quite naked." Here the solemn transactions described in Numbers 20:22 could have been carried out literally, "in the sight of all the congregation." While certainty is impossible, no more likely suggestion has been made. </p> <p> (2) A mountain named only in Numbers 34:7 f as on the North boundary of the land of Israel. No success has attended the various attempts made to identify this particular height. Some would make it Mt. [[Hermon]] (Hull, <i> HDB </i> , under the word); others <i> '''''Jebel ‛Akkār''''' </i> , an outrunner on the Northeast of [[Lebanon]] (Furrer, <i> ZDPV </i> , VIII, 27), and others the mountain at the "knee of" <i> '''''Nahr el''''' </i> - <i> '''''Ḳāsimı̄yeh''''' </i> (van Kasteren, <i> Rev. Bib. </i> , 1895, 30 f). In Ezekiel 47:15 הדּרך , <i> '''''ha''''' </i> - <i> '''''derekh''''' </i> , should certainly be amended to חדרך , <i> '''''ḥadhrākh''''' </i> , a proper name, instead of "the way." Possibly then Mt. Hor should disappear from Numbers 34:7 f, and we should read, with slight emendation, "From the great sea ye shall draw a line for you as far as Hadrach, and from [[Hadrach]] ...." </p> | | Mount Hor <ref name="term_48280" /> |
