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Place

East

Named in 6 verses across 2 books, first in Ezekiel 25:4.

In the Bible

All 2 verses in Ezekiel, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Ezekiel

  • Ezekiel 25:4

    therefore I will indeed give you as a possession to the people of the East. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

  • Ezekiel 25:10

    I will give it along with the Ammonites as a possession to the people of the East, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

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The Arabs as a whole, known as the Nabateans or Kedarenes, nomad tribes (Judg. 6:3, 33; 7:12; 8:10).

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