Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Jazer?

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

First appears in Numbers 21:24 · 6 books · 9 chapters

Overview

He (God) helps, a city of the Amorites on the east of Jordan, and assigned, with neighbouring places in Gilead, to Gad (Num. 32:1, 35; Josh. 13:25). It was allotted to the Merarite Levites (21:39). Modern identification: Khirbet Sara.

Jazer is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet Sara. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 21:24 and is mentioned across 6 books, with 13 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jordan

About 33 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 37 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 59 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 59 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 65 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Jazer today

Travel to Jazer, the modern-day Khirbet Sara.

Jazer is commonly identified with Khirbet Sara, 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.

Jazer 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 Sara

31.944°N · 35.830°E

Key passages

Appears in

Numbers

2 chapters · 5 verse mentions

Joshua

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

1 Chronicles

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Isaiah

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

2 Samuel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Jeremiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention