In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “name of a site in the judean desert that popular palestinian folklore associates with moses”. Today it says “primarily a muslim holy site near jericho in palestine”.
Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.
Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “name of a site in the judean desert that popular palestinian folklore associates with moses”. Today it says “primarily a muslim holy site near jericho in palestine”.
We saved snapshots of this article over twenty years; you are reading the 2025 one. Red dashes: removed from Wikipedia since.Pale dots: rewritten; the numbered note shows what it says now.Red text: written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot.1 tap a number or a side note to jump between them
The opening as it read in 2025
Nabi Musa ( Arabic : ٱلنَّبِي مُوْسَى , romanized : An-Nabī Mūsā , lit. ' the Prophet Moses ' , also transliterated as Nebi Musa ) is primarily a Muslim holy site near Jericho in Palestine , where a local Muslim tradition places the tomb of Moses (called Musa in Islam ). The compound is centered on a mosque which contains the alleged tomb. It used to be the site of an eponymous seven-day-long religious festival that was celebrated annually by Palestinian Muslims , beginning on the Friday before Good Friday in the Orthodox calendar used by the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem . Considered in the political context of 1920 as "the most important Muslim pilgrimage in Palestine", the festival was built around a collective pilgrimage from Jerusalem to what was understood to be the Tomb of Moses. A great building with multiple domes marks the mausoleum of Moses. Nabi Musa is also a Palestinian administrative territorial unit in the Jericho Governorate on the West Bank , with an area of c. 113 km and situated south of Jericho, in which 66 Palestinian households were counted in 2007, a population defined in 2012 as "nomads" (see West Bank Bedouin ). By 2017, Nabi Musa district had a population of 343 residents. Jerusalem Media and Communications Center . 2007-02-09. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). The word comes from a Semitic root meaning "to gush forth".
This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 1292003967.
The opening as it stood in 2010
Nabi Musa, 2008 Nabi Musa Location within the modern Palestinian Territories Nabi Musa ( , meaning the "Prophet Moses", also transliterated Nebi Musa ) is the name of a site in the Judean desert that popular Palestinian folklore associates with Moses . It is also the name of a seven-day long religious festival that was celebrated annually by Palestinian Muslims , beginning on the Friday before Good Friday in the old Orthodox Greek calendar. Considered "the most important Muslim pilgrimage in Palestine," the festival centered around a collective pilgrimage from Jerusalem to what was understood to be the Tomb of Moses, near Jericho . The word comes from a Semitic root meaning 'to gush forth'. Originally published by Fleming H.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 365204381.
The opening as it stood in 2015
Palestinian Authority municipality Maqamu Musa, Jerico, Jerusalam Nabi Musa ( , meaning the "Prophet Moses", also transliterated Nebi Musa ) is the name of a site in the Judean desert that popular Palestinian folklore associates with Moses . It is also the name of a seven-day long religious festival that was celebrated annually by Palestinian Muslims , beginning on the Friday before Good Friday in the old Orthodox Greek calendar. Considered "the most important Muslim pilgrimage in Palestine," the festival centered on a collective pilgrimage from Jerusalem to what was understood to be the Tomb of Moses, near Jericho . A Palestinian village with the same name lies close to the site.In 2007 it had a residential population of 309 according the census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). The word comes from a Semitic root meaning 'to gush forth'. Originally published by Fleming H.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 662611147.
The opening as it stood in 2020
Local Development Committee in jr, State of Palestine Nabi Musa ( , meaning "The Prophet Moses", also transliterated as Nebi Musa ) is the name of a site in the West Bank believed to be the tomb of Musa ( Moses ). It is also the name of a seven-day long religious festival that was celebrated annually by Palestinian Muslims , beginning on the Friday before Good Friday in the old Greek Orthodox calendar . Considered "one of the most important Muslim pilgrimages in Palestine", the festival centered on a collective pilgrimage from Jerusalem to what was understood to be the Tomb of Moses, near Jericho .According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities , Nabi Musa had a population of 3 males, in 1 house. A Palestinian village with the same name lies close to the site. In 2007, according to the census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), it had a residential population of 309.Jerusalem Media and Communications Center . 2007-02-09. The word comes from a Semitic root meaning "to gush forth". Originally published by Fleming H.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 960744958.
The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 4 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Local Development Committee in Jericho, State of Palestine Nabi Musa ( , meaning "The Prophet Moses", also transliterated as Nebi Musa ) is a mosque and a Palestinian locality in the Jericho Governorate of Palestine , in the West Bank , believed to contain the tomb of Moses ( Musa , in Islam ) according to local Muslim tradition.It is also the name of a seven-day long religious festival that was celebrated annually by Palestinian Muslims , beginning on the Friday before Good Friday in the Orthodox calendar used by the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem .Considered in the political context of 1920 as "the most important Muslim pilgrimage in Palestine", the festival centered on a collective pilgrimage from Jerusalem to what was understood to be the Tomb of Moses, near Jericho .A great building with multiple domes marks the mausoleum of Moses.The Palestinian locality of Nabi Musa is defined as an administrative area of c. 113 km² south of Jericho, in which 66 Palestinian households were counted in 2007, a population defined in 2012 as "nomads". Jerusalem Media and Communications Center . 2007-02-09. The word comes from a Semitic root meaning "to gush forth".
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1171221029.
Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “name of a site in the judean desert that popular palestinian folklore associates with moses”. Today it says “primarily a muslim holy site near jericho in palestine”. Read the current article and compare.
2010
2015
2020
Oct '23
2025
Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
What Wikipedia says this is
Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined between 2010 and 2025.
Then
name of a site in the judean desert that popular palestinian folklore associates with moses
Now
primarily a muslim holy site near jericho in palestine
Struck red text is no longer in the article; dotted amber text was rewritten. Every revision id links to Wikipedia's copy; the text shown is our own saved copy. Data: /data. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA; quoted for the record; not affiliated with Wikipedia.
