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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74826" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74826" /> == | ||
<p> '''Sha'pher.''' ''( | <p> '''Sha'pher.''' ''(Brightness).'' ''Mount '' [[Shapher]] ''.'' Numbers 33:23. The name of a desert station, where the [[Israelites]] encamped, during the wanderings in the wilderness. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_33698" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_33698" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60321" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60321" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. She'pher, שֶׁפֶר '', | <p> (Heb. She'pher, '''''שֶׁפֶר''''' '', Brightness,'' as in Genesis 49:21; always occurring "in pause" ''Sha'' ' ''Pher, '''''שָׁפֶר''''' '' ; Sept. '''''Σαφάρ''''' v.r. '''''Σαρσαφάρ''''' ) '','' the name of a mountain at which the Israelites encamped during their sentence of extermination in the desert; situated between [[Kehelathah]] and [[Haradah]] ( Numbers 33:23-24). Hitzig ( ''Philist.'' p. 172) regards it as identical with Mount [[Halak]] ( Joshua 11:16); but the latter appears to have lain farther northeast. It is, perhaps, the present ''Araif En-Nakah,'' about in the middle of the upper portion of the plateau Et-Tih. (See [[Exode]]). For a different identification, (See [[Wanderings In The Wilderness]]). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:04, 15 October 2021
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Sha'pher. (Brightness). Mount Shapher . Numbers 33:23. The name of a desert station, where the Israelites encamped, during the wanderings in the wilderness.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]
Numbers 33:23,24
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Numbers 33:23
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(Heb. She'pher, שֶׁפֶר , Brightness, as in Genesis 49:21; always occurring "in pause" Sha ' Pher, שָׁפֶר ; Sept. Σαφάρ v.r. Σαρσαφάρ ) , the name of a mountain at which the Israelites encamped during their sentence of extermination in the desert; situated between Kehelathah and Haradah ( Numbers 33:23-24). Hitzig ( Philist. p. 172) regards it as identical with Mount Halak ( Joshua 11:16); but the latter appears to have lain farther northeast. It is, perhaps, the present Araif En-Nakah, about in the middle of the upper portion of the plateau Et-Tih. (See Exode). For a different identification, (See Wanderings In The Wilderness).
