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Red Sea 2

approximate location

Gulf of Aqaba

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Kadesh-barnea Kadesh-barnea Great Sea Great Sea Ezion-geber Ezion-geber Euphrates Euphrates Elath Elath Edom EDOM Egypt EGYPT Red Sea Red Sea 200 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 8 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH EDOM · ELATH · EZION-GEBER · EGYPT AND 3 MORE, named in the same passages

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Panorama of the Gulf of Aqaba.

Panorama of the Gulf of Aqaba.

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2 OTHER PLACES CALLED RED SEA

5 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 28.7500, 34.7500

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