Mount Hor (north border)
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The mountain to which Numbers 34:7–8 draws the north border from the great sea, and from which it runs to the entrance of Hamath. This collection keeps it apart from the Mount Hor of Numbers 33:37–41 and does not decide whether they are the same.
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Collected relationship evidence
Source-backed narrative relations; not independent historical verification. Legacy dates and coordinates are outside this review.
Collection & rightsSource evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- NUM 34:7–9, engwebp
7“‘This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for yourselves Mount Hor.
8From Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the border shall pass by Zedad.
9Then the border shall go to Ziphron, and it shall end at Hazar Enan. This shall be your north border.
AI-assisted, human review pending, 2026-09-24
Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.
Unresolved interpretation: Mount Hor by Edom and Mount Hor on the north border
- Numbers 33:37–41 names Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom, the camp after Kadesh where Aaron the priest went up and died.
Source evidence (2)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- NUM 33:37–40, engwebp
37They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
38Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
39Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died in Mount Hor.
40The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
- NUM 33:41–49, engwebp
41They traveled from Mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.
42They traveled from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon.
43They traveled from Punon, and encamped in Oboth.
44They traveled from Oboth, and encamped in Iye Abarim, in the border of Moab.
45They traveled from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon Gad.
46They traveled from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim.
47They traveled from Almon Diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
48They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
49They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab.
- NUM 33:37–40, engwebp
- Numbers 34:7–8 draws the north border of Canaan from the great sea to Mount Hor and from there to the entrance of Hamath. The text does not say whether this is the Mount Hor at the edge of Edom.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- NUM 34:7–9, engwebp
7“‘This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for yourselves Mount Hor.
8From Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the border shall pass by Zedad.
9Then the border shall go to Ziphron, and it shall end at Hazar Enan. This shall be your north border.
- NUM 34:7–9, engwebp
Chapter 33 places a Mount Hor at the edge of Edom and chapter 34 puts one on the north border of Canaan. This collection records them separately and does not decide whether they are the same mountain.
Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Mount Hor 2” by name and 2 shared verses. Its leading identification scores only 288 of 1000, so it is listed as a candidate and not adopted as a coordinate. 1 other identification is listed too.
AI-assisted source review; human approval pending, 2026-09-29
- another name for Mount Hermon
OpenBible.info confidence 288 of 1000 (current scholarship)
33.4, 35.85
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Mount Hor 2” (CC BY 4.0) - Jebel Akkar
OpenBible.info confidence 171 of 1000 (current scholarship)
34.41667, 36.21667
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Mount Hor 2” (CC BY 4.0)
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“‘This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for yourselves Mount Hor.
From Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the border shall pass by Zedad.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Mount Hor (north border) (place-mount-hor-north) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/mount-hor-north Current wording: The mountain to which Numbers 34:7–8 draws the north border from the great sea, and from which it runs to the entrance of Hamath. This collection keeps it apart from the Mount Hor of Numbers 33:37–41 and does not decide whether they are the same. Cited evidence: NUM 34:7–9, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.