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Bethabara
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Bethabara (bĕthăb`ərə), place, on the Jordan, traditionally located at a ford just above the Dead Sea, where in the New Testament John was baptizing when Jesus came to him. RSV: Bethany, following some ancient texts.


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Bethany beyond the Jordan, the Jordan River site where Jesus is believed to have been baptized, and a place long associated with Old Testament prophets Joshua, Elijah, and Elisha.
Bethany beyond the Jordan is the only part of the Holy Land that was touched successively by the lives and missions of Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Joshua,
 
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