Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Ezion-geber?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Jezirat Faraun.

First appears in Numbers 33:35 · 4 books · 6 chapters

Overview

The giant’s backbone (so called from the head of a mountain which runs out into the sea), an ancient city and harbour at the north-east end of the Elanitic branch of the Red Sea. Modern identification: Jezirat Faraun.

Ezion-geber is represented in the local geography layer as Jezirat Faraun. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 33:35 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 7 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Mount Sinai

About 134 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 251 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 260 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 260 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 264 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Ezion-geber today

Travel to Ezion-geber, the modern-day Jezirat Faraun.

Ezion-geber is commonly identified with Jezirat Faraun, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Ezion-geber is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Jezirat Faraun

29.463°N · 34.860°E

Key passages

Appears in

Numbers

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

1 Kings

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

2 Chronicles

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Deuteronomy

1 chapter · 1 verse mention