| Miz'pah. Miz'pah and Miz'peh (a watch-tower). The name of several places in Palestine. The earliest of all, in order of the narrative, is the heap of stones, piled up by Jacob and Laban, Genesis 31:48, on Mount Gilead, Gen 31:25, to serve both as a witness to the covenant then entered into, and as a landmark of the boundary between them. Gen 31:52. On this natural watch-tower, did the children of Israel assemble for the choice of a leader, to resist the children of Ammon. Judges 10:17. There, the fatal meeting took place between Jephthah and his daughter, on his return from the war. Jdg 11:34. It seems most probable that the "Mizpeh-gilead" which is mentioned here, and here only, is the same as the "ham-Mizpah." of the other parts of the narrative; and both are probably identical with the Ramath-mizpeh and Ramoth-gilead, so famous in the later history. Smith's Bible Dictionary or |
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