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  • 81SODOM (modern Sedom) AND GOMORRAH — (Heb. וַעֲמֹרָה סְדֹם), two cities in the plain of the Jordan, usually mentioned   together and sometimes with Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela, which is identified with Zoar. The first biblical reference to them is in the account of the boundaries of… …

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