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Makheloth

Makheloth, a place where the Israelites camped during their wilderness journey (Numbers 33:25-26).

Makheloth is mentioned in Numbers 33:25-26 as one of the places where the Israelites camped during their wilderness journey after leaving Egypt. The Israelites set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth. Then they moved on from Makheloth and camped at Tahath. No further details about the location or significance of Makheloth are provided in the Bible. It was one of the many stops along the Israelites' route through the wilderness before they reached the Promised Land.

Approximate location: 30.317, 35.407 · view on a map · on the Bible atlas

Bible dictionary

Makheloth Easton Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Assemblies, a station of the Israelites in the desert (Num. 33:25, 26).

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Makheloth Smith Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(place of assemblies), a place mentioned only in (Numbers 33:26) as that of a desert encampment of the Israelites.

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Makheloth Hitchcock Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

assemblies; congregations

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Makheloth Hastings Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

MAKHE'LOTH (place of assemblies), a station of the Hebrews in the desert. Num 33:25.

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Makheloth Schaff Schaff’s Dictionary of the Bible

MAKHE'LOTH (place of assemblies), a station of the Hebrews in the desert. Num 33:25.

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Easton (1897), Smith (1863), Hitchcock (1869), Hastings (1898) and Schaff are in the public domain. Parsed text: neuu-org/bible-dictionary-dataset (CC BY 4.0). Headwords and whitespace normalised for this site.

Where Makheloth appears

2 verses in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H4722

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