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Biblical place

Where was Kedemoth?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Aleiyan.

First appears in Deuteronomy 2:26 · 3 books · 4 chapters

Overview

Beginnings; easternmost, a city of Reuben, assigned to the Levites of the family of Merari (Josh. 13:18). It lay not far north-east of Dibon-gad, east of the Dead Sea. Modern identification: Aleiyan.

Kedemoth is represented in the local geography layer as Aleiyan. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Deuteronomy 2:26 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

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Jordan

About 40 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 56 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 67 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 67 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 67 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Kedemoth today

Travel to Kedemoth, the modern-day Aleiyan.

Kedemoth is commonly identified with Aleiyan, 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.

Kedemoth 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

Aleiyan

31.532°N · 35.880°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Deuteronomy

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

1 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention