Rephidim

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Rephidim

Rephidim was one of the places (or "stations") visited by the Israelite

Israelite

According to the Tanakh, the Israelites were the descendants of the Biblical patriarch Jacob. They were divided into twelve tribes, each descended from one of twelve sons or grandsons of Jacob....
s during their exodus from Egypt

The Exodus

The Exodus , is the term used for the escape, departure and emancipation of the enslaved Israelites freed from Ancient Egypt as described in the Hebrew Bible, mainly in the Book of Exodus....
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The Israelites had come from the wilderness of Sin

Wilderness of Sin

The Wilderness of Sin/Desert of Sin is a geographic area mentioned by the Bible as lying between Elim and Biblical Mount Sinai. Sin does not refer to sinfulness, but is an untranslated word that would translate as the moon; biblical scholars suspect that the name Sin here refers to the Elohim Lunar deity Sin , who...
. At Rephidim, the Israelites found no water to drink, and in their distress they blamed Moses

Moses

Moses is a Hebrew Bible Hebrews religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, to whom the Mosaic authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbeinu in Hebrew , he is the most important prophet in Judaism, and also an important prophet of Christianity, Islam, the Bah?'? Faith, Rastafari movement, Chrislam and many ot...
for their troubles, to the point where Moses feared that they would stone him (Exodus

Exodus

Exodus is the second book of the Jewish Torah and of the Christian Old Testament. It tells how Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness to the Mountain of God Sinai....
17:4). God commanded Moses to strike a certain "rock in Horeb," which caused a stream to flow from it, thus providing ample water for all of the people.

Afterwards, the Amalek

Amalek

According to the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles, Amalek was the son of Eliphaz and the grandson of Esau ; the chief of an Edomites tribe ....
ites attacked the Israelites while encamped at Rephidim, but were defeated (Exodus

Exodus

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Rephidim was one of the places (or "stations") visited by the Israelite

Israelite

The Exodus

Wilderness of Sin

Moses

Exodus

Amalek

Exodus

Exodus is the second book of the Jewish Torah and of the Christian Old Testament. It tells how Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness to the Mountain of God Sinai....
17:8-16). They were the "first of the nations" to make war against Israel (Numbers

Book of Numbers

The Book of Numbers, , is the fourth book of the Torah, the Tanakh, and the Old Testament. In the Greek language Septuagint it is called Arithmoi, or Numbers....
24:20).

One proposal places Rephidim in the Wadi Feiran, near its junction with the Wadi esh-Sheikh. Leaving Rephidim, the Israelites advanced into the Sinai

Sinai Peninsula

The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai is a triangular peninsula in Egypt. It lies between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, forming a land bridge between Africa and Southwest Asia....
Wilderness (Exodus

Exodus

Book of Numbers

The Book of Numbers, , is the fourth book of the Torah, the Tanakh, and the Old Testament. In the Greek language Septuagint it is called Arithmoi, or Numbers....
33:14-15), possibly marching through the two passes of the Wadi Solaf and the Wadi esh-Sheikh, which converge at the entrance to the er-Rahah plain (which would then be identified with the "Sinai Wilderness"), which is two miles (3 km) long and about half a mile broad. See also Meribah

Meribah

Meribah is one of the locations which the Torah identifies as having been travelled through by the Israelites, during the Exodus, although the continuous stations list in the Book of Numbers doesn't mention it....
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The name "Rephidim" may mean supports.