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Aceldama

Aceldama is the Aramaic the name which the Jews gave to the field purchased with the money given to the betrayer of their Lord. The word means "field of blood." It was previously called "the potter's field" (Matt. 27:7, 8; Acts 1:19), and was appropriated as the burial-place for strangers. It lies on a narrow level terrace on the south face of the valley of Hinnom. Its modern name is Hak ed-damm.

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