Parah was a city allotted to the tribe of Benjamin, located between Avvim and Ophrah.
Parah was a city in the territory of Benjamin, mentioned only once in the Bible in the list of cities and towns allocated to the tribe during the division of the Promised Land under Joshua (Josh. 18:23). It was situated between the cities of Avvim and Ophrah. The exact location of Parah is uncertain, but some scholars identify it with Farah, a site located on Wady Farah, which runs into Wady Suweinit, approximately 3 miles northeast of Anata.
Approximate location: 31.833, 35.300 · view on a map · on the Bible atlas
The heifer, a town in Benjamin (Josh. 18:23), supposed to be identical with the ruins called Far’ah, about 6 miles north-east of Jerusalem, in the Wady Far’ah, which is a branch of the Wady Kelt.
(heifer-town) one of the cities in the territory allotted to Benjamin, named only in the lists of the conquest. (Joshua 18:23)
PA'RAH (heifer-town), a place in the territory of Benjamin. Josh 18:23. It has been located south-east of Michmash, at the ruined village Farah, at the junction of the Wady Farah with the Wady Suweinit, and about 6 miles northeast of Jerusalem.
PA'RAH (heifer-town), a place in the territory of Benjamin. Josh 18:23. It has been located south-east of Michmash, at the ruined village Farah, at the junction of the Wady Farah with the Wady Suweinit, and about 6 miles northeast of Jerusalem. PARALYTIC See Palsy.
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Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
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