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Begin your Israel tour at the beginning...

THE NEGEV DESERT
WHERE THE BIBLE BEGAN

“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert” (Matt. 4:1)

To experience the spirituality of the desert is to understand the Bible and its origins.
Israel's Negev Desert was home to Abraham, father of monotheism, and the place to which both Jesus
and John the Baptist retreated, seeking spiritual inspiration before beginning their ministries.

Inspiration is what awaits you in the Negev.

Visit the site of Abraham's Well. See the well Jerusalem and built about the same time.
he dug, sealing its ownership in an oath with
Abimelech, King of Gerar, and setting an Experience life as our Biblical forefathers did
example of regional peace. with desert hospitality in an authentic tent at
the Joe Alon Center of Bedouin Culture and at
Discover the hidden ravine of Ein Avdat other sites.
flowing with water fed by a waterfall. Truly one
of God's wonders, this is one among several See some of Christianity's earliest churches
breathtaking desert oases you will see that in the ancient desert Spice Route cities of
gave sustenance to Biblical heroes. Avdat, Shivta and Mamshit – replete with
mosaics, tombs and baptismal fonts.
Marvel at the remains of the ancient temple
of Tel Arad, modeled after the First Temple in ...and so much more.

Add your footprints in the sands of time to those of our Biblical forefathers
and begin at the beginning – Visit the Negev Desert

Doron Nissim Paul Palatnic
Paul Palatnic

For more information visit the Negev Tourism Board at www.gonegev.co.il, or contact: 972-8-6463600