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Biblical place

Where was Ramath-mizpeh?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Jel‘ad.

First appears in Joshua 13:26 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

The height of Mizpeh or of the watch-tower (Josh. 13:26), a place mentioned as one of the limits of Gad. There were two Mizpehs on the east of the Jordan. Modern identification: Jel‘ad.

Ramath-mizpeh is represented in the local geography layer as Jel‘ad. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 13:26 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jericho

About 42 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 45 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 58 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 64 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 64 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Ramath-mizpeh today

Travel to Ramath-mizpeh, the modern-day Jel‘ad.

Ramath-mizpeh is commonly identified with Jel‘ad, 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.

Ramath-mizpeh 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

Jel‘ad

32.119°N · 35.777°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention