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the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Ur
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
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Ur, of the Chaldees, was the native place of the family of Abraham, whence he migrated first to Haran and then to Canaan (;;;; ). It is supposed to be a district identical with the modern pashalic of Urfa, to which there belong several districts, among others Rouha, which is the ancient Edessa.
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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Ur'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​u/ur.html.
Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Ur'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​u/ur.html.