Bible Location
Meaning: villages; palaces · 5 cross references · Modern-day map available
Hazeroth was one of Israel's wilderness encampments between Sinai and Kadesh in the Paran region. It is important because it was the setting of Miriam and Aaron's challenge to Moses and the reaffirmation of Moses' unique calling. First appears in Num 11:35.1
Place meaning
villages; palaces
Coordinates
28.92, 34.50
First appears
Num 11:35
AI summary: Hazeroth is one of the named stops where the wilderness journey becomes morally and spiritually revealing. The camp is remembered not simply as a travel marker but as the place where Miriam and Aaron oppose Moses and where God publicly vindicates his servant. That episode gives Hazeroth a significance out of proportion to its size, since it exposes tensions within leadership and the seriousness of resisting God's appointed order. The cross references present Hazeroth as a wilderness station of rebellion, intercession, and restored movement.1
Place meaning
villages; palaces
Latitude
28.92
Longitude
34.50
Bible references
5
Fenced enclosures consisting of “a low wall of stones in which thick bundles of thorny acacia are inserted, the tangled branches and long needle-like spikes forming a perfectly impenetrable hedge around the encampment” of tents and cattle which they sheltered. Such like enclosures abound in the wilderness of Paran, which the Israelites entered after leaving Sinai (Num. 11:35; 12:16; 33:17, 18). This third encampment of the Israelites has been identified with the modern ‘Ain el-Hudhera, some 40 miles north-east of Sinai. Here Miriam (q.v.), being displeased that Moses had married a Cushite wife (Num. 12:1), induced Aaron to join with her in rebelling against Moses. God vindicated the authority of his “servant Moses,” and Miriam was smitten with leprosy. Moses interceded for her, and she was healed (Num. 12:4-16). From this encampment the Israelites marched northward across the plateau of et-Tih, and at length reached KADESH. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.