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Mount Hermon

Mount Hermon



‎Above the red roofs of Israel’s northernmost town—Metulla—the snow-capped Mt. Hermon, facing its western slopes and the Hulah Valley. Some, both Jews and Moslems, believe that this is the Mountain of the Pieces, where God moved among the pieces of the animals sacrificed by Abraham, made a covenant with him and promised him the land “…  from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates” (Genesis 15:9–18).



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