Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Gaash?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet Tibnah.

First appears in Joshua 24:30 · 4 books · 4 chapters

Overview

A shaking, a hill, on the north side of which Joshua was buried (Josh. 24:30; Judg. 2:9), in the territory of Ephraim. (See TIMNATH-SERAH. ). Modern identification: Khirbet Tibnah.

Gaash is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet Tibnah. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 24:30 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 28 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 28 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 35 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 35 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Gaash today

Travel to Gaash, the modern-day Khirbet Tibnah.

Gaash is commonly identified with Khirbet Tibnah, 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.

Gaash 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

Khirbet Tibnah

within 10 km of Khirbet Tibnah

32.008°N · 35.107°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Judges

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

2 Samuel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

1 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention