HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2698
חֲצֵרוֹת
cha.tse.rot — Hazeroth
§ Hazeroth = "settlement" an Israelite camp in the wilderness
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Hazeroth
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7575
רִתְמָה
rit.mah — Rithmah
§ Rithmah = "heath" station of Israel in the wilderness, probably northeast of Hazeroth
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Fenced enclosures consisting of “a low wall of stones in which thick bundles of thorny acacia are inserted, the tangled branches and long needle-like spikes forming a perfectly impenetrable hedge around the encampment” of tents and cattle which they sheltered. Such like enclosures abound in the wilderness of Paran, which the Israelites entered after leaving Sinai (Num. 11:35; 12:16; 33:17, 18). This third encampment of the Israelites has been identified with the modern ‘Ain el-Hudhera, some 40 miles north-east of Sinai. Here Miriam (q.v.), being displeased that Moses had married a Cushite wife (Num. 12:1), induced Aaron to join with her in rebelling against Moses. God vindicated the authority of his “servant Moses,” and Miriam was smitten with leprosy. Moses interceded for her, and she was healed (Num. 12:4-16). From this encampment the Israelites marched northward across the plateau of et-Tih, and at length reached KADESH.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.