Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Zophim?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tila as Safa.

First appears in Numbers 23:14 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Field of watchers, a place in Moab on the range of Pisgah (Num. 23:14). To this place Balak brought Balaam, that he might from thence curse the children of Israel. Modern identification: Tila as Safa.

Zophim is represented in the local geography layer as Tila as Safa. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 23:14 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

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About 17 km away in the local coordinate layer.

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About 30 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 47 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 47 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 50 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Zophim today

Travel to Zophim, the modern-day Tila as Safa.

Zophim is commonly identified with Tila as Safa, 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.

Zophim 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

Tila as Safa

31.771°N · 35.734°E

Key passages

Appears in

Numbers

1 chapter · 1 verse mention