Zoan

City of Egypt in the eastern Nile delta, mentioned in the hebrew bible

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According to the Hebrew Bible, Zoan (Biblical Hebrew: צֹועַן Ṣōʿan) was a city of Egypt in the eastern Nile delta. Book of Numbers 13:22 says that it was built seven years after Hebron was built. Psalm 78:12,43 identifies the "field of Zoan" as the location where Moses performed miracles before a biblical Pharaoh to persuade him to release the Israelites from his service.[1] The city is also mentioned in Book of Isaiah 19:11, 13, Isaiah 30:4 and Book of Ezekiel 30:14.

The Greek Septuagint in all of these verses uses the Greek name Tánis (Greek: Τάνις). Both Tanis and Tso'an are ultimately derived from the Ancient Egyptian name for Tanis, ḏꜥn.t (Bohairic Coptic ϫⲁⲛⲓ; Sahidic Coptic ϫⲁⲁⲛⲉ; Modern Arabic صان Ṣan).[2]

## References

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1. ^ Brugsch, Heinrich Karl (2015) [1879]. A history of Egypt under the pharaohs, derived entirely from the monuments : to which is added a memoir on the Exodus of the Israelites and the Egyptian monuments. Cambridge University Press. p. 394\. ISBN 978-1108084734.
2. ^ Simkins, Ronald A. (2000). "Zoan". In Freedman, David Noel; Myers, Allen C. (eds.). Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Amsterdam University Press. p. 1423\. ISBN 978-90-5356-503-2.

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Book of Numbers

Chapters|

* 1–4
* 4–7
* 8–12
* 13–15
* 16–18
* 19–22
* 22–25
* 25–30
* 30
* 31
* 32
* 33–36

Parashah|

* Bemidbar
* Naso
* Behaalotecha
* Shlach
* Korach
* Chukat
* Balak
* Pinechas
* Matot
* Masei

Places|

* Cities of Refuge
* Desert of Paran
* Eshcol
* Kibroth Hattaavah
* Levitical city
* Mount Seir
* Stations of the Exodus
* Zoan

People|

* Agag
* Ahihud
* Ahira
* Ammiel
* Ammihud
* Ammishaddai
* Anak
* Asriel
* Balaam
* Balak
* Caleb
* Cozbi
* Dathan
* Daughters of Zelophehad
* Eldad and Medad
* Eliab
* The Gatherer
* Gershon
* Gilead
* Joshua
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* Korah
* Levites
* Merari
* Merarites
* Moses
* Nadab and Abihu
* Nahshon
* Nehemiah
* Nethaneel
* Og
* Phinehas
* The Twelve Spies
* Tirzah
* Zimri

Terms|

* Covenant of salt
* Manna
* Nehushtan
* Ordeal of the bitter water
* Priestly Blessing
* Water of lustration

Analysis|

* Numbers Rabbah
* Sifre
* Sifri Zutta
* Star Prophecy
* Textual variants

Manuscripts|

* Ketef Hinnom scrolls
* 4Q121

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