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Abronah
also called Ebronah
Abronah was the thirty-third station of the Israelites in their wilderness wanderings, named twice in Numbers 33:34-35 as the camp between Jotbathah and Ezion-geber. The KJV spells it *Ebronah;* the Hebrew is Avronah, from the root avar (to pass over) — the same root as *Abarim.* The name likely indicates a crossing or passage of some kind, possibly a ford or a transit through difficult terrain.
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The location lies in the eastern Arabah valley, on the route between the central Sinai wilderness and the Gulf of Aqaba. Modern identifications are tentative; some scholars propose 'Ain Defiyeh, a spring near the modern Israeli-Jordanian border, while others leave it unidentified. Like many of the wilderness stations preserved in Numbers 33, Abronah is named only for the record; no event is reported there.
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