Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Mount Paran?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Jebel Musa.

First appears in Deuteronomy 33:2 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Abounding in foliage, or abounding in caverns, (Gen. 21:21), a desert tract forming the north-eastern division of the peninsula of Sinai, lying between the ‘Arabah on the east and the wilderness of Shur on the west. Modern identification: Jebel Musa.

Mount Paran is represented in the local geography layer as Jebel Musa. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Deuteronomy 33:2 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Key passages

Appears in

Deuteronomy

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Habakkuk

1 chapter · 1 verse mention