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| Hebrew | עֱזוּז | |
| Founded | 1985 | |
| Council | Ramat Negev | |
| Region | Negev desert | |
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| Population | 77[1] (2009) | |
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Ezuz
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Ezuz (Hebrew: עֱזוּז) is a small communal settlement in the western Negev desert in Israel. Named for Nahal Ezuz, a local stream, it is located to the south of Nitzana and is part of the Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. It is built at the place of a "kibbutz outpost on border of Negev ... abandoned after Six-Day War."[2]
Founded in 1985, it has a population of 16 families. The major sources of income are tourism and art.
Two ancient wells, the Moshe Well and Aharon Well, were discovered under the settlement. Therefore the name of the place is also "Two Wells": in Hebrew: "Be'erotayim" and in Arabic: "Biriin". Today there is a small biblical park "Be'erotayim" around the 2 wells. Some connect it to the wells "be'erot" of Deuteronomy 10:6. Ezuz is not far from the historical, biblical Kadesh-Barnea (Deuteronomy 9:23) on the Egyptian side of the border. "The Beerotayim area was partially surveyed by R.Cohen of the Israel Dept. of Antiquities ... in 1985. ... the Iron Age and Persian fortresses were excavated by Cohen in 1986."[3]
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