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    Mattanah

    מַתָּנָה

    Mattanah, a place where the Israelites camped during their journey through the wilderness (Numbers 21:18-19).

    Where the story of Mattanah happensWhere the gazetteer locates Mattanah, framed to them: Mattanah. 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.Mattanah
    Where the gazetteer locates Mattanah
    verses
    2
    first named
    Numbers 21:18
    last named
    Numbers 21:19
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    31.59°N · 35.91°E
    settlement31.59°N · 35.91°E

    Khirbet el Medeiyineh (OpenBible)

    The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.

    Description

    Mattanah in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Mattanah is mentioned in Numbers 21:18-19 as one of the places where the Israelites camped during their journey through the wilderness. The name Mattanah means "gift." The Israelites traveled from the wilderness to Mattanah, then from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth. No further details about the location are provided in the Bible.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    Stands in the same events as

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 1 book.

    1. Numbers2 verses

      21:1821:19

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereEgyptAncient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and ExodusElsewhereJordanA river and region, significant in Israel's history

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