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Shapher
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Brightness, one of the stations where Israel encamped in the wilderness (Num. 33:23, 24).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(brightness), Mount, (Numbers 33:23) the name of a desert station where the Israelites encamped during the wanderings in the wilderness.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
SHA'PHER (brightness), a station of the Israelites at a mountain in the Arabian desert. Num 33:23. Rowlands would identify it with Jebel Araif, a rocky promontory on the western shore of the Elanitic Gulf; but others propose Jebel esh-Shureif, a hill 70 miles northwest of Elath.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
SHA'PHER (brightness), a station of the Israelites at a mountain in the Arabian desert. Num 33:23. Rowlands would identify it with Jebel Araif, a rocky promontory on the western shore of the Elanitic Gulf; but others propose Jebel esh-Shureif, a hill 70 miles northwest of Elath.