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Shapher

Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term

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Historical dictionary entry

Brightness, one of the stations where Israel encamped in the wilderness (Num. 33:23, 24).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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