- Hazeroth:
- The exact situation of this place is unknown. Dr. Shaw computes it to be three days' journey, i.e., thirty miles from Sinai. From this passage, it appears that the wilderness of Paran commenced immediately upon their leaving this station. Calmet observes, that there is a town called Hazor in Arabia Petrea, in all probability the same as Hazerim, the ancient habitation of the Hivites ("And the Avims²¹ which dweltª° in Hazerim,ª [even] unto¹ Azzah,ª the Caphtorims,ª which came forthª° out of Caphtor,ª¹ destroyedª° them, and dweltª° in their stead.)¹" {Deu 2:23}); and likewise, according to all appearances, the Hazeroth, where the Hebrews encamped.
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