Hazeroth: Fenced enclosures consisting of "a low wall of stones in which thick
bundles of thorny acacia are inserted, the tangled branches and long
needle-like spikes forming a perfectly impenetrable hedge around the
encampment" of tents and cattle which they sheltered. Such like
enclosures abound in the wilderness of Paran, which the Israelites
entered after leaving Sinai
(Numbers 11:35; 12:16; 33:17,18) This third
encampment of the Israelites has been identified with the modern 'Ain
el-Hudhera, some 40 miles north-east of Sinai. Here Miriam (q.v.),
being displeased that Moses had married a Cushite wife
(Numbers 12:1)
induced Aaron to join with her in rebelling against Moses. God
vindicated the authority of his "servant Moses," and Miriam was
smitten with leprosy. Moses interceded for her, and she was healed
(Numbers 12:4-16) From this encampment the Israelites marched northward
across the plateau of et-Tih, and at length reached KADESH.
