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Rephidim

Wilderness of Sinai · Old Testament · 5 verses

Rephidim was a camp of Israel in the Sinai wilderness before they reached Sinai. There was no water there for the people. The name appears in Exodus, Numbers in the King James text.

About Rephidim

Rephidim was a camp of Israel in the Sinai wilderness before they reached Sinai. There was no water there for the people.

Its place in the story

At Rephidim the people quarreled for water and God brought water from the rock at Horeb, and there Israel fought and defeated Amalek while Moses held up his hands. It was a place of both provision and battle.

Rephidim in Scripture (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.”

Exodus 17:1 (KJV)

“Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.”

Exodus 17:8 (KJV)

“For 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.”

Exodus 19:2 (KJV)

“And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.”

Numbers 33:14 (KJV)

“And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.”

Numbers 33:15 (KJV)

Where it leads

The water from the rock at Rephidim is drawn up in the New Testament as a sign pointing to Christ, the rock that gives living water.

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