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A place where the Israelites camped during their wilderness journey

Mattanah

Named in 2 verses of Numbers, first in Numbers 21:18.

מַתָּנָהMattanah

About Mattanah Written by AI

Mattanah is mentioned in Numbers 21:18-19 as one of the places where the Israelites camped during their journey through the wilderness. The name Mattanah means "gift." The Israelites traveled from the wilderness to Mattanah, then from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth. No further details about the location are provided in the Bible.

Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.

Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

A gift, a station of the Israelites (Num. 21:18, 19) between the desert and the borders of Moab, in the Wady Waleh.

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.

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Where the Bible names it

  1. Numbers 21:18

    The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,

  2. Numbers 21:19

    and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.