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AlUla in the Bible: Dedan, the Oasis of Traders, and the Jews Who Came After 

August 15, 2026
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Ezekiel listed what the merchants of Dedan carried: ivory, ebony, saddlecloths for riding. The town he named is the oasis now called AlUla, and about two thousand inscriptions are carved into a canyon there, in a script that died out.