Haradah

Haradah (meaning fright or fear, possibly well of great fear) was one of the forty-two stations of the Israelite wilderness journey, listed in the detailed itinerary of Numbers 33. It appears as the twenty-fifth encampment, situated between Makheloth and Tahath (Num. 33:24–25), in the long sequence of stations that the Israelites traversed after leaving Sinai and before arriving in the plains of Moab.

Like the majority of the wilderness stations, Haradah has not been identified with a specific modern site. The attempt to map the Exodus route has occupied scholars for centuries, with multiple competing proposals for the path from Egypt through the Sinai Peninsula to Transjordan. Haradah's name—suggesting fear or trembling—may reflect a memorable event or natural feature at that location, though no narrative is attached to it in the biblical text. The preservation of such specific names in the Numbers itinerary suggests the list derives from authentic records of the journey.