{"id":24369,"date":"2024-09-27T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/?p=24369"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:07:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:07:40","slug":"caves-of-the-jethro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/caves-of-the-jethro\/","title":{"rendered":"Caves of the Jethro"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Al Bad’
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Moses spring<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

We find ourselves in the oasis city of “Al Bad’”<\/strong>. Near the oasis are the dwellings of Jethro, the “Priest of Midian” and also Moses’ father-in-law.
\nAt the edge of the oasis we find a deep spring named after Moses<\/strong>. Moses is said to have tended Jethro’s sheep here after fleeing from Egypt to Midian. Here he married Jethro’s daughter, Zipporah, who bore him two sons.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Jethro’s living rooms
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The designation of the spring as the “Moses Spring”, as well as the Jethro dwelling, are traditional names, i.e. names from the vernacular.<\/p>\n

The former name of today’s city of Al Bad’ was “Madyan” and Madyan corresponds to the former “Midian”<\/strong>. Here, on the edge of the oasis, the Jethro dwellings are carved into the soft rock. This made perfect sense, as it was not too hot in the caves in summer and not too cold in winter. <\/p>\n

In the 1st century AD, the Nabataeans took over the dwellings and converted them into burial sites.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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In the 1st century AD, the Nabataeans took over the dwellings and converted them into burial sites.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Maqna and the oases
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From Al Bad’ we drive through a beautiful mountain landscape to Maqna on the Gulf of Aqaba. Here and along the Gulf, coming from the south, we want to see various oases<\/strong> that could be connected with the Exodus of the Israelites.
\nBut unfortunately there is a STOP before Maqna. Here and along the Gulf of Aqaba they are building for NEOM and we have no access <\/strong>. Too bad, we are disappointed.<\/p>\n

So we turn around and drive back towards Tabuk on side roads and a dirt track, where the circle closes and we have planned a desert drive.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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