Mount Hor

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Mount Hor is a mountain in the biblical narrative where the Israelite high priest Aaron is said to have died during the Israelites’ wilderness journey.

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Label Occurrences
Mount Hor canonical 2

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical location
mountain
associatedWithEvent death of Aaron
associatedWithGroup Israelites
associatedWithPerson Aaron
Eleazar
Moses
borderFunction described as boundary point of the land of Israel in Numbers 34
describedAs mountain of the Lord
etymologyNote name sometimes interpreted as “mountain of the mountain”
hasPilgrimageSite traditional tomb of Aaron at Jebel Harun
hasUncertainIdentification exact modern location disputed
languageName Hebrew: הֹר הָהָר (Hor ha-har)
locatedInNarrative wilderness journey of the Israelites
locatedNear border of the land of Edom
mentionedIn Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Deuteronomy 32
linked to: Deuteronomy 32

Book of Numbers
Book of Numbers 20
linked to: Book of Numbers

Book of Numbers 33
linked to: Book of Numbers

Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
partOf Exodus and wilderness traditions
possibleIdentification Jebel Harun
linked to: Jebel Musa

mountain near Petra in modern Jordan
relatedEvent transfer of high priesthood from Aaron to Eleazar
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
roleInNarrative place where Aaron died
stopping point in Israelite wilderness wanderings
significance important site in priestly succession narrative

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aaron deathPlace Mount Hor