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Exodus 17

Ex. 17:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And all the congregation
`edah (Hebrew #5712)
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare 5713.
Pronounce: ay-daw'
Origin: feminine of 5707 in the original sense of fixture
of the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
journeyed
naca` (Hebrew #5265)
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey
KJV usage: cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), X still, be on his (go their) way.
Pronounce: naw-sah'
Origin: a primitive root
from the wilderness
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
of Sin
Ciyn (Hebrew #5512)
Sin the name of an Egyptian town and (probably) desert adjoining
KJV usage: Sin.
Pronounce: seen
Origin: of uncertain derivation
q, after their journeys
macca` (Hebrew #4550)
a departure (from striking the tents), i.e. march (not necessarily a single day's travel); by implication, a station (or point of departure)
KJV usage: journey(-ing).
Pronounce: mas-sah'
Origin: from 5265
, according to the commandment
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and pitched
chanah (Hebrew #2583)
properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
KJV usage: abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
Pronounce: khaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2603)
in Rephidim
Rphiydiym (Hebrew #7508)
ballusters; Rephidim, a place in the Desert
KJV usage: Rephidim.
Pronounce: ref-ee-deem'
Origin: plural of the masculine of the same as 7507
: and there was no water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
for the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
to drink
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ex. 16:1• 1And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. (Ex. 16:1)
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Num. 33:12,14• 12And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
 14And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. (Num. 33:12,14)

More on:

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Congregation,
Israel,
Rephidim,
Sin,
Wilderness,
Wilderness of Sin

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5:  The people murmur for water at Rephidim.
6:  God sends them for water to the rock in Horeb.
7:  The place is called Massah and Meribah.
8-13:  Amalek is overcome by Joshua, while Moses holds up his hands with the rod of God.
14-16:  Amalek is doomed to destruction; and Moses builds the altar JEHOVAH-nissi.
Sin.
Ex. 16:1• 1And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. (Ex. 16:1)
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Num. 33:12‑14• 12And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
 13And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
 14And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. (Num. 33:12‑14)
Rephidim.
Ex. 17:8• 8Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. (Ex. 17:8)
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Ex. 19:2• 2For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. (Ex. 19:2)
• As in the case of the manna, so with the smitten rock, the people’s sin was the occasion for this display of power and grace. In Rephidim there was “no water for the people to drink.” And what did the people do? Were they not encouraged, by their past experiences of God’s faithfulness and tender care, to turn to Him in the confidence that He would interpose on their behalf? … were we ignorant of the human heart, of the character of the flesh, it might have been expected as the natural results of what they had seen of the wonderful works of the Lord. (“Rephidim and Amalek: Exodus 17” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And all the assembly of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, according to their journeys, at the commandc of Jehovah; and they encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "mouth."

W. Kelly Translation

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And all the assembly of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, according to their journeys, at the command of Jehovah; and they encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)