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Jazar

JAZAR, a City beyond Jordan, given to the Tribe of Gad, and afterwards to the Josh. xxi. 36. xiii. 25.Levites. It lay at the foot of the Mountains of Gilead, near the brook Jazar, which forms a rivulet or torrent that falls into the Jordan.

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