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HOR.—1. A mountain ‘in the edge of the land of Edom’ (Num_33:37), where Aaron died. Constant tradition, at least since Josephus, sees Mount Hor in Jebel Harûn, ‘the Mountain of Aaron,’ above Petra. This is regarded by the Arabs as the mountain sacred to the great high priest, and his tomb is shown and reverenced under a small dome on its summit. Some modern writers, especially H. C. Trumbull, have doubted the tradition and endeavoured to fix other sites, such as Jebel Madâra, N. W. of ‘Ain Kadis. Jebel Harûn rises 4780 ft. above the sea-level. Its western side is an unscalable precipice; it is ascended from the pass leading into Petra. A very wide view over the Arabian desert, down to the Red Sea and up to the Ghôr, is commanded from the summit. 2. A mountain mentioned in Num_34:7-8, as in the northern boundary of the Promised Land. In all probability this is meant for Hermon.
R. A. S. Macalister.