Biblical place
Where was Tophel?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tafila.
First appears in Deuteronomy 1:1 · 1 books · 1 chapters
Overview
Lime, a place in the wilderness of Sinai (Deut. 1:1), now identified with Tafyleh or Tufileh, on the west side of the Edomitish mountains. Modern identification: Tafila.
Tophel is represented in the local geography layer as Tafila. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Deuteronomy 1:1 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.
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Where it sits on the map
How to get to Tophel today
Travel to Tophel, the modern-day Tafila.
Tophel is commonly identified with Tafila, 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.
Tophel 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.
Key passages
Appears in
1 chapter · 1 verse mention