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Jericho

Town · today Tell el Alayiq

Location well established About 21 km (13 miles, 110 furlongs) northeast of Jerusalem

Jericho in the Bible Dictionary · The Ministry of Jesus · Another Jericho (town · Numbers 22:1)

Named in 5 Verses

  • Matthew 20:29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
  • Mark 10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
  • Luke 10:30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
  • Luke 18:35 And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
  • Luke 19:1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

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