Shapher

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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).

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