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beth -nim´ra ( בּית נמרה , bēth nimrāh , "house of leopard," Numbers 32:36 , but in Numbers 32:3 it is simply Nimrah): In Joshua 13:27 the full name appears. In Isaiah 15:6 the name appears as Nimrim, identified as Tell Nimrim, between Jericho and the mountains on the east, where there is a fountain of large size. The city was assigned to Gad. In the 4th century ad it was located as five Roman miles North of Livias. Eusebius calls it Bethamnaram ( SEP , I, Tell Nimrin).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Beth-Nimrah'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/b/beth-nimrah.html. 1915.

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