Lux Domini

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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About 110 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 116 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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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.

Modern orientation

Tafila

30.837°N · 35.604°E

Key passages

Appears in

Deuteronomy

1 chapter · 1 verse mention