Hazeroth

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Hazeroth
     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.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Hazeroth, villages; palaces