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Ramath-mizpeh

The height of Mizpeh or of the watch-tower (Josh. 13:26), a place mentioned as one of the limits of Gad. There were two Mizpehs on the east of the Jordan. This was the Mizpeh where Jacob and Laban made a covenant, “Mizpeh of Gilead,” called also Galeed and Jegar-sahadutha. It has been identified with the modern es-Salt, where the roads from Jericho and from Shechem to Damascus unite, about 25 miles east of the Jordan and 13 south of the Jabbok.

In the Bible

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Verses where Ramath-mizpeh is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Joshua 13:26

    the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;

Scripture on Ramath-mizpeh

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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