Exodus 17:1 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 17:1

Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

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ASV

And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to the commandment of Jehovah, and encamped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

KJV

And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

According to their journeys - The Israelites rested at two stations before they reached Rephidim, namely, Dophkah and Alush Num 33:12-14. Dophkah was in the Wady Sih, a day’s journey from the Wady Nasb. The wilderness of Sin Exo 16:1 properly speaking ends here, the sandstone ceases, and is replaced by the porphyry and granite which belong to the central formation of the Sinaitic group. Alush may have been near the entrance to the Wady Sheikh. Rephidim - (Variously placed at Feiran at the base of Mount Serbal, or at the pass of El Watiyeh.)

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The same phraseology occurs elsewhere (Nu 9:18, 19). pitched in Rephidim--now believed, on good grounds, to be Wady Feiran, which is exactly a day's march from Mount Sinai, and at the entrance of the Horeb district. It is a long circuitous defile about forty feet in breadth, with perpendicular granite rocks on both sides.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַ֠יִּסְעוּ	Vai.yis.'u	and they set out	H5265 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
עֲדַ֨ת	'a.Dat	[the] congregation of	H5712 →
בְּנֵֽי־	be.nei-	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
מִמִּדְבַּר־	mi.mid.bar-	from [the] wilderness of	H4057 →
סִ֛ין	sin	Sin	H5512 →
לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם	le.mas.'ei.Hem	to journeyings their	H4550 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פִּ֣י	pi	[the] mouth of	H6310 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙	vai.ya.cha.Nu	and they encamped	H2583 →
בִּרְפִידִ֔ים	bir.fi.Dim	at Rephidim	H7508 →
וְאֵ֥ין	ve.'Ein	and there not	H369 →
מַ֖יִם	Ma.yim	[was] water	H4325 →
לִשְׁתֹּ֥ת	lish.Tot	to drink	H8354 →
הָעָֽם׃	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Exodus 17:8
After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
leads to
- Genesis 36:12
  Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.
- Deuteronomy 25:17–19
  Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
- 1 Samuel 30:1
  On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
- 1 Samuel 15:2
  This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.
- Numbers 24:20
  Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
Through
Exodus 19:2
After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.
leads to
- Exodus 3:1
  Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
- Exodus 3:12
  “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will…
Through
Exodus 16:1
On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is…
leads to
- Numbers 33:10–12
  They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Exodus

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About Exodus