Bible Location
2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Mount Shapher was one of Israel's wilderness encampments. It is important because even named heights in the itinerary contribute to the granular memory of the desert journey. First appears in Num 33:23.1
Coordinates
30.32, 35.41
First appears
Num 33:23
AI summary: Mount Shapher matters because the wilderness route was remembered in terrain as well as in events. Its inclusion gives texture to the journey, preserving not just movement but landscape. The cross references present Mount Shapher as a named wilderness height in Israel's travel memory.1
Latitude
30.32
Longitude
35.41
Bible references
2
Brightness, one of the stations where Israel encamped in the wilderness (Num. 33:23, 24). 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.