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Prophet Phinehas
Ancient Jericho / Gilgal (West Bank): Phinehas travelled here with the army, carrying the sacred trumpets to support Joshua during the initial campaigns inside the Promised Land.
Numbers 31:6
Location: 31.871 - 35.444
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What is the significance of Prophet Phinehas in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
Judaism
Phinehas is celebrated for his profound zeal for God, as he intervened to stop an immoral plague by executing an Israelite man and Midianite woman. For his righteous jealousy, God granted him an everlasting covenant of the priesthood.
Christianity
He is recognized as a priest and a hero of faith in the Old Testament who protected the holiness of the community. His zealous action in turning away God's wrath is viewed as a demonstration of righteousness and purity of practice.
Islam
Phinehas is not explicitly named in the Quran. However, he is acknowledged in wider Islamic historical and traditional literature, which recognizes him for his righteousness, priestly lineage, and dedication to faith during the wilderness era.
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Where is Palestine?Palestine is a geographic region in Western Asia. It is usually considered to include the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Israel, and in some definitions, some parts of western Jordan. The name was used by ancient Greek writers, and it was later used for the Roman province Syria Palaestina, the Byzantine Palaestina Prima, and the Islamic provincial district of Jund Filastin. The region comprises most of the territory claimed for the biblical regions known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land or Promised Land. Historically, it has been known as the southern portion of wider regional designations such as Canaan, Syria, ash-Sham, and the Levant. Situated at a strategic location between Egypt, Syria and Arabia, and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity, the region has a long and tumultuous history as a crossroads for religion, culture, commerce, and politics.
Where is Jericho?Jericho is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, and the capital of the Jericho Governorate. The city is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. Jericho is among the oldest cities in the world. Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of more than 20 successive settlements in Jericho, the first of which dates back 11,000 years (to 9000 BCE), almost to the very beginning of the Holocene epoch of the Earth's history. Copious springs in and around the city have attracted human habitation for thousands of years. Jericho is described in the Bible as the "city of palm trees". Following the era of Mandatory Palestine, the West Bank was annexed and ruled by Jordan starting in 1950, then was occupied by Israel in 1967. Administrative control of Jericho was handed over to the Palestinian Authority in 1994. The city had a population of 20,907 in 2017. In 2023, the archaeological site in the center of the city, known as Tell es-Sultan / Old Jericho, was inscribed in UNESCO's list as a World Heritage Site in the State of Palestine, and described as the "oldest fortified city in the world".
