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Qum·ran

m-rän

) KEY also Khir·bet Qumran (kîr

t) KEY

An ancient village of Palestine on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea in the West Bank east of Jerusalem. It is noted for the caves in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.

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