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Mount Hor

Mount Hor, in Edom, a stop on the Exodus: Egypt to the Edge of the Land, on the map, with its verse.

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In the text

Mount Hor · Jebel Nebi Harun

In Edom, in the Bible's day. Shown at Jebel Nebi Harun, 30.32° N, 35.41° E.

The site is not certain. The map shows the traditional site, Jebel Nebi Harun near Petra; Har Zin in the Negev is the main scholarly alternative.

  • And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.

    Numbers 20:22

On this journey

Stop 12 of 14 · Rameses to the plains of MoabThe Exodus: Egypt to the Edge of the Land

Questions

Where is Mount Hor?

Mount Hor was in Edom, in the Bible's day. The atlas shows it at Jebel Nebi Harun, 30.32° N, 35.41° E. The site is not certain. The map shows the traditional site, Jebel Nebi Harun near Petra; Har Zin in the Negev is the main scholarly alternative.

What happened at Mount Hor in the Bible?

The KJV names Mount Hor in Numbers 20:22. "And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor." (Numbers 20:22). It is a stop on the Exodus: Egypt to the Edge of the Land.

Also on this journey

Coastlines, lakes and rivers from Natural Earth (public domain). Place locations from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding, licensed CC BY 4.0.

Coastlines are today’s. Routes join the places the text names in order, so the lines between them are approximate. Verse text is the King James Version.