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Kiriath-huzoth

קִרְיַת חֻצוֹת · qir.yat chu.tsot · H71551 mention, all in Numbers

Where it is

31.77° N, 35.72° E · Located through Pisgah

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Mentioned most in

Counted from 1 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Kiriath-huzoth is mentioned in Numbers 22:39 as a place to which Balak, the king of Moab, brought Balaam after Balaam arrived in Moab. Balak had summoned Balaam to curse the Israelites who were encamped on the plains of Moab. The exact location of Kiriath-huzoth is not specified, and no further details about the place are given in the Bible.

Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Numbers 1 mention

What the dictionary says

kir-i-ath hu'-zoth: qiryath-chutsoth, "city of streets"; Septuagint reads) poleis epauleon, "city of villages," from which we may infer a reading chatseroth…

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
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