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Mizpah

Mizpah or Mizpeh (both: miz'pu) [key], in the Bible. 1. See Galeed. 2. Unidentified place, E of the Jordon River, identical with Ramath-Mizpeh. 3. Place, on the boundary between Israel and Judah, a religious center with a sanctuary in the time of Judges. 4. Town at the foot of Mt. Hermon. 5. Town in the lowland of Judah. 6. Home of Jephthah. 7. David's refuge in Moab.

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