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Medeba

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Medeba (mĕd`ĭbə, mē`–), town, Jordan, the modern Madaba, E of the Dead Sea. An ancient Moabite town, it changed hands between Moab and Israel several times. In early Christian times it was a bishop's see. One of the oldest maps of Palestine (probably 6th cent.) was found there in a mosaic in a Byzantine church. Medeba is mentioned several times in the Bible.


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Mze kvlav amova: Sulxan Nasizis c'xovrebada semok' medeba.
The second half of Num 21:30--which is what concerns us here--can be rendered entirely reasonably in accordance with the MT, "And we spread desolation as far as Nophah, which reaches out to Medeba.
 
 
 
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