Biblical places
Punon
One of Israel's wilderness campsites (Numbers 33:42-43), an area known since antiquity for copper mining. The name survives in the modern Jordanian region of Feinan, making it a relatively well-accepted identification among wilderness stations.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- High
- Feinan (Faynan)
- 30.6233, 35.4893
Because of the phonetic continuity of the place name (Punon → Feinan), it is considered one of the more certain identifications among the wilderness stopping-places.
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
Numbers 33:42
And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
Numbers 33:43
And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.