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Place

Wilderness of Paran

Approximate location. The area is clear, but the exact site is not.

A wide desert between Sinai and Canaan. Israel camped here after Miriam's seven days outside the camp, Moses sent the twelve spies from here, and David went down to Paran after Samuel died. The dot marks the region.

Who passed through

In story order. King James Version.

  1. Miriam, Numbers 12:15
    And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
  2. Moses, Numbers 13:3
    And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
  3. David, 1 Samuel 25:1
    And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

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Place names, references and coordinates: STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), with coordinates from OpenBible.info. Map: Natural Earth (public domain).