Mattanah
מַתָּנָה · mat.ta.nah · H49802 mentions, all in Numbers
Where it is
31.72° N, 35.58° E · Located through Lasha
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Mentioned most in
Counted from 2 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
About this place
Mattanah is mentioned in Numbers 21:18-19 as one of the places where the Israelites camped during their journey through the wilderness. The name Mattanah means "gift." The Israelites traveled from the wilderness to Mattanah, then from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth. No further details about the location are provided in the Bible.
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Every mention
2 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Numbers 2 mentions
Numbers 21:18the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles.” From the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;Numbers 21:19and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
What the dictionary says
A gift, a station of the Israelites (Num. 21:18, 19) between the desert and the borders of Moab, in the Wady Waleh.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · www.openbible.info/geo/