Hazeroth, in the wilderness
A place in the Bible
A place in the wilderness where the people of Israel camped, on the way to the promised land. In the Douay-Rheims it is called “Haseroth.”
What happened here
- Miriam and Aaron: they spoke against Moses because of his wife, who was from Ethiopia, and asked whether the Lord spoke only through Moses.
- Miriam’s leprosy: Miriam was covered with leprosy, white as snow. She stayed outside the camp seven days, and the people did not move on until she came back.
- Moving on: afterward, the people left Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
Today
No one knows for sure where it was. It would have been in the Sinai Peninsula.
Where it appears in the Bible
Numbers 12:16; Numbers 12:1-2; Numbers 12:10; Numbers 12:15
What the Bible says
Numbers 12:16
And the people marched from Haseroth, and pitched their tents in the desert of Pharan.
Numbers 12:1-2
1And Mary and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife the Ethiopian, 2And they said: Hath the Lord spoken by Moses only? hath he not also spoken to us in like manner? And when the Lord heard this,
Numbers 12:10
The cloud also that was over the tabernacle departed: and behold Mary appeared white as snow with a leprosy. And when Aaron had looked on her, and saw her all covered with leprosy,
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Numbers 12:1-2; Numbers 12:10; Numbers 12:15-16