Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Succoth?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell el Maskhuta.

First appears in Exodus 12:37 · 2 books · 3 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell el Maskhuta.

Succoth is represented in the local geography layer as Tell el Maskhuta. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Exodus 12:37 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Egypt

About 89 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Mount Sinai

About 288 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 322 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 328 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 328 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Succoth today

Travel to Succoth, the modern-day Tell el Maskhuta.

Succoth is commonly identified with Tell el Maskhuta, 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.

Succoth 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

Tell el Maskhuta

30.553°N · 32.099°E

Key passages

Appears in

Exodus

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Numbers

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions