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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Adummim
The name means the red ones, and it was a pass on the road between Jerusalem and Jericho. It marked the boundary between Judah and Benjamin.
The name means the red ones, and it was a pass on the road between Jerusalem and Jericho. It marked the boundary between Judah and Benjamin.
Adummim, meaning "the red ones," was a pass on the road between Jerusalem and Jericho, on the boundary between the territories of Judah and Benjamin (Joshua 15:7; 18:17). The rugged, blood-colored rock of the ascent made it a natural setting for banditry, and the location is traditionally associated with the road pictured in Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37).
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- Joshua 15:7
- Joshua 18:17
