Kibrothhattaavah

Town

Location disputed Erweis el Ebeirig: about 340 km (210 miles) south of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Erweis el Ebeirig Possible
  • Wadi Sa’l Less likely
  • Wadi Sudr Less likely
  • Wadi al Aghaydira Less likely

Kibroth-hattaavah in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 5 Verses

  • Numbers 11:34 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
  • Numbers 11:35 And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
  • Numbers 33:16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah.
  • Numbers 33:17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
  • Deuteronomy 9:22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.

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