Easton's Bible Dictionary Mountain. (1.) One of the mountains of the chain of Seir or Edom, on the confines of Idumea (Numbers 20:22-29; 33:37). It was one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (33:37), which they reached in the circuitous route they were obliged to take because the Edomites refused them a passage through their territory. It was during the encampment here that Aaron died (Numbers 33:37-41). (see AARON.) The Israelites passed this mountain several times in their wanderings. It bears the modern name of Jebel Harun, and is the highest and most conspicious of the whole range. It stands about midway between the Dead Sea and the Elanitic gulf. It has two summits, in the hallow between which it is supposed that Aaron died. Others, however, suppose that this mountain is the modern Jebel Madurah, on the opposite, i.e., the western, side of the Arabah. (2.) One of the Marks of the northern boundary of Palestine (Numbers 34:7, 8). Nowhere else mentioned. Perhaps it is one of the peaks of Lebanon. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia HOR, MOUNT hor (hor ha-har; literally, "Hor, the mountain"): 1. Not Jebel Neby Harun: (1) a tradition identifying this mountain with Jebel Neby Harun may be traced from the time of Josephus (Ant., IV, iv, 7) downward. Eusebius, Onomasticon (s.v. Hor) favors this identification, which has been accepted by many travelers and scholars. In HDB, while noting the fact that it has been questioned, Professor Hull devotes all the space at his disposal to a description of Jebel Neby Harun. It is now recognized, however, that this identification is impossible. Niebuhr (Reise nach Arabic, 238), Pocoke (Description of the East, I, 157), Robinson (BR, I, 185), Ewald (Hist. of Israel, II, 201, note), and others had pointed out difficulties in the way, but the careful discussion of Dr. H. Clay Trumbull (Kadesh Barnea, 127) finally disposed of the claims of Jebel Neby Harun. 2. Suggested Identification: From Numbers 20:22; Numbers 33:37 we may perhaps infer that Mt. Hor, "in the edge of the land of Edom," was about a day's journey from Kadesh. The name "Hor the mountain" suggests a prominent feature of the landscape. Aaron was buried there (Numbers 20:28 Deuteronomy 32:50). It was therefore not in Mt. Seir (Deuteronomy 2:5), of which not even a foot-breadth was given to Israel. Jebel Neby Harun is certainly a prominent feature of the landscape, towering over the tumbled hills that form the western edges of the Edom plateau to a height of 4,800 ft. But it is much more than a day's journey from Kadesh, while it is well within the boundary of Mt. Seir. The king of Arad was alarmed at the march to Mt. Hor. Had Israel marched toward Jebel Neby Harun, away to the Southeast, it could have caused him no anxiety, as he dwelt in the north. 3. Jebel Maderah: This points to some eminence to the North or Northeast of Kadesh. A hill meeting sufficiently all these conditions is Jebel Maderah (see HALAK, MOUNT), which rises to the Northeast of `Ain qadis (Kadeshbarnea). It stands at the extreme Northwest boundary of the land of Edom, yet not within that boundary. Above the barrenness of the surrounding plain this "large, singular-looking, isolated chalk hill" rises "alone like a lofty citadel," "steep-sided" and "quite naked." Here the solemn transactions described in Numbers 20:22 could have been carried out literally, "in the sight of all the congregation." While certainty is impossible, no more likely suggestion has been made. (2) A mountain named only in Numbers 34:7 as on the North boundary of the land of Israel. No success has attended the various attempts made to identify this particular height. Some would make it Mt. Hermon (Hull, HDB, under the word); others Jebel Akkar, an outrunner on the Northeast of Lebanon (Furrer, ZDPV, VIII, 27), and others the mountain at the "knee of" Nahr el-Qasimiyeh (van Kasteren, Rev. Biblical, 1895, 30). In Ezekiel 47:15 ha-derekh, should certainly be amended to chadhrakh, a proper name, instead of "the way." Possibly then Mt. Hor should disappear from Numbers 34:7, and we should read, with slight emendation, "From the great sea ye shall draw a line for you as far as Hadrach, and from Hadrach." W. Ewing

Multi-Version Concordance Hor (14 Occurrences) Numbers 20:22 They traveled from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Numbers 20:23 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Numbers 20:25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Numbers 20:27 Moses did as Yahweh commanded: and they went up into Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Numbers 21:4 They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Numbers 33:32 They traveled from Bene Jaakan, and encamped in Hor Haggidgad. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Numbers 33:33 They traveled from Hor Haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Numbers 33:37 They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Numbers 33:38 Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Numbers 33:39 Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died in Mount Hor. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Numbers 33:41 They traveled from Mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Numbers 34:7 "'This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for you Mount Hor; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Numbers 34:8 from Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Deuteronomy 32:50 and die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)