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Way of the Red Sea

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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 Mount Seir Mount Seir Mount Hor Mount Hor Edom EDOM Way of the Red Sea WAY OF THE RED SEA 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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mountain known location approximate debated 4 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 · MOUNT HOR 1 · MOUNT SEIR 1, named in the same passages

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Panorama of the modern road between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.

Panorama of the modern road between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.

PHOTO: zstadler CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons

4 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 29.7272, 34.9983

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