Atlas  Tophel and surrounding area Maps Created using Biblemapper 3.0 Additional data from OpenBible.info Occurrences Deuteronomy 1:1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.Encyclopedia TOPHELto'-fel (tophel; Tophol): This name is found in a passage with many difficulties (Deuteronomy 1:1). The verse ostensibly makes clearer the position occupied by the camp of Israel where Moses addressed the people, by reference to certain other places which might be presumed to be better known. Not one of them, however, has been satisfactorily identified. Some think Tophel may be represented by the modern et-tafeleh, 15 miles Southeast of the Dead Sea, on the caravan road from Petra to Kerak. Apart from the question of position, the change of "t" to "T" is not easily explained. Meantime we must suspend judgment. TO'PHEL, a city on the e. of the long valley between the Dead and Red seas, called the valley of the Arabah. The place is now called Tufileh, a village of 600 houses, a little s.e. of the Dead Sea, with springs and fruit trees. Strong's Hebrew H8603: Tophela place Southeast of the Dead Sea |
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