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    Baal-zephon

    בַּ֫עַל צְפוֹן

    Baal-zephon was an Egyptian location where the Israelites camped before crossing the Red Sea.

    Where the story of Baal-zephon happensBaal-zephon, and 1 place the claims reach, framed to them: Baal-zephon, Pi-hahiroth. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Baal-zephon
    Baal-zephon, and 1 place the claims reach
    verses
    3
    first named
    Exodus 14:2
    last named
    Numbers 33:7
    feature
    campsite
    coordinates
    30.86°N · 32.17°E
    campsite30.86°N · 32.17°E

    Tell Defenneh (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 5 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Baal-zephon in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Baal-zephon is mentioned in Exodus 14:2, 9, and Numbers 33:7 as a place near where the Israelites camped before crossing the Red Sea during their exodus from Egypt. God instructed Moses to have the people turn back and camp near Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal-zephon (Exodus 14:2). The Egyptians caught up with the Israelites as they were camped by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon (Exodus 14:9). The exact location of Baal-zephon is uncertain, but it was likely situated on the western shore of the Gulf of Suez, near the northern tip of the Red Sea. The name "Baal-zephon" means "Lord of the North" or "Baal of the North," possibly referring to a local deity worshipped by the Egyptians in that area.

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    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 3, across 2 books.

    1. Exodus2 verses

      14:214:9

    2. Numbers1 verse

      33:7

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    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Israel’s encampmentEncampmentEncampment is a concept gathering 14 labelled instances in the text.via Israel’s encampmentIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Israel’s encampmentMigdolA place near the Red Sea where the Israelites campedvia Israel’s encampmentPi-hahirothA place near the Red Sea crossing

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    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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