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Shur
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Shur. (a wall). A place, just without the eastern border of Egypt. Shur is first mentioned in the narrative of Haggar's flight from Sarah. Genesis 16:7. Abraham, afterward, "dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar." Genesis 20:1. It is also called Ethami. The wilderness of Shur was entered by the Israelites, after they had crossed the Red Sea. Exodus 15:22-23. It was also called the wilderness of Etham. Numbers 33:8. Shur may have been a territory town, east of the ancient head of the Red Sea; and from its being spoken of as a limit, it was, probably, the last Arabian town, before entering Egypt. See Etham.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Shur'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​s/shur.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Shur'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​s/shur.html. 1901.