Bible Location
Meaning: a tower · 6 cross references · Modern-day map available
Migdol was a fortified site on Egypt's north-eastern frontier. It is important because it appears in the Exodus route tradition and later in prophetic texts as a way of describing the breadth of Egypt from north to south. First appears in Exod 14:2.1
AI summary: Migdol's significance comes from its frontier character. In Exodus and Numbers it belongs to the edge of Egypt near the sea crossing traditions, placing it within the remembered geography of deliverance. Jeremiah and Ezekiel later use Migdol as a named northern marker when speaking of Egypt's population and coming judgment, making it a shorthand for the country's extent and defenses. The cross references present Migdol as a border fortress where Exodus memory and prophetic geography meet.1
A strongly-fortified place 12 miles from Pelusium, in the north of Egypt (Jer. 44:1; 46:14). This word is rendered “tower” in Ezek. 29:10, but the margin correctly retains the name Migdol, “from Migdol to Syene;” i.e., from Migdol in the north to Syene in the south, in other words, the whole of Egypt. 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
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.