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Paran
Region mentioned in 8 verses of the Bible, most often in Numbers.
Where it appears
Numbers (4), Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1)
Key verses
- Genesis 21:21 first mention — And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
- Numbers 10:12 — And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
- Numbers 12:16 — And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
- 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.
- Numbers 13:26 — And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
- Deuteronomy 1:1 — These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
- 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.
- 1 Kings 11:18 — And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
Nearby places
- Gudgodah 22 km
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