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They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/nlt/exodus/17.htm">New Living Translation</a> At the LORD’s command, the whole community of Israel left the wilderness of Sin and moved from place to place. Eventually they camped at Rephidim, but there was no water there for the people to drink. <a href="/esv/exodus/17.htm">English Standard Version</a> All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/bsb/exodus/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/exodus/17.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/17.htm">New King James Version</a> Then all the congregation of the children of Israel set out on their journey from the Wilderness of Sin, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed by stages from the wilderness of Sin, according to the command of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/nasb/exodus/17.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed by stages from the wilderness of Sin, according to the command of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed by stages from the wilderness of Sin, according to the command of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/lsb/exodus/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed by stages from the wilderness of Sin, according to the command of Yahweh, and they camped at Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/amp/exodus/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then all the congregation of the children of Israel moved on from the Wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/csb/exodus/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The entire Israelite community left the Wilderness of Sin, moving from one place to the next according to the LORD’s command. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The entire Israelite community left the Wilderness of Sin, moving from one place to the next according to the LORD&#8217s command. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/asv/exodus/17.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/exodus/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The Israelites left the desert and moved from one place to another each time the LORD ordered them to. Once they camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for them to drink. <a href="/erv/exodus/17.htm">English Revised Version</a> And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/gwt/exodus/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The whole community of Israelites left the desert of Sin and traveled from place to place as the LORD commanded them. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/gnt/exodus/17.htm">Good News Translation</a> The whole Israelite community left the desert of Sin, moving from one place to another at the command of the LORD. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water there to drink. <a href="/isv/exodus/17.htm">International Standard Version</a> The whole congregation of the Israelis set out from the desert of Sin, traveling from place to place according to the command of the LORD. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/msb/exodus/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/exodus/17.htm">NET Bible</a> The whole community of the Israelites traveled on their journey from the Desert of Sin according to the LORD's instruction, and they pitched camp in Rephidim. Now there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/nheb/exodus/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to the LORD's commandment, and camped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/wbt/exodus/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 encamped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/web/exodus/17.htm">World English Bible</a> All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, starting according to Yahweh’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And all the congregation of the sons of Israel journey from the wilderness of Sin, on their journeys, by the command of YHWH, and encamp in Rephidim, and there is no water for the people to drink; <a href="/ylt/exodus/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And all the company of the sons of Israel journey from the wilderness of Sin, on their journeyings, by the command of Jehovah, and encamp in Rephidim, and there is no water for the people to drink; <a href="/slt/exodus/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And all the assembly of the sons of Israel will remove from the desert of Sin, according to their removings by the mouth of Jehovah; and they will encamp in Rephidim; and no water for the people to drink.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Then all the multitude of the children of Israel setting forward from the desert of Sin, by their mansions, according to the word of the Lord, encamped in Raphidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And so, the entire multitude of the sons of Israel, having set out from the desert of Sin in stages, according to the word of the Lord, made camp at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/nabre/exodus/17.htm">New American Bible</a> From the wilderness of Sin the whole Israelite community journeyed by stages, as the LORD directed, and encamped at Rephidim. But there was no water for the people to drink, <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> AND the whole congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Seen, after their journeys, according to the command of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And all the assembly of the children of Israel picked up from the wilderness of Sin for their journey upon the word of the mouth of LORD JEHOVAH, and they camped in Raphidin, and there was no water that the people would drink.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/sep/exodus/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the wilderness of Sin, according to their encampments, by the word of the Lord; and they encamped in Raphidin: and there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/parallel/exodus/17-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=4296" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/17.htm">Water from the Rock</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Then the whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/5712.htm" title="5712: ‘ă·ḏaṯ (N-fsc) -- Congregation. Feminine of ed in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage.">congregation</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/5265.htm" title="5265: way·yis·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To pull out or up, set out, journey. A primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. Start on a journey.">left</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: mim·miḏ·bar- (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">the Desert</a> <a href="/hebrew/5512.htm" title="5512: sîn (N-proper-fs) -- Eastern frontier city of Egypt. Of uncertain derivation; Sin the name of an Egyptian town and desert adjoining.">of Sin,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4550.htm" title="4550: lə·mas·‘ê·hem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A pulling up, breaking (camp), setting out, a journey. From naca'; a departure, i.e. March; by implication, a station.">moving from place to place</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: pî (N-msc) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to.">commanded.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2583.htm" title="2583: way·ya·ḥă·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline; by implication, to decline; specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. To encamp.">They camped</a> <a href="/hebrew/7508.htm" title="7508: bir·p̄î·ḏîm (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A place in the desert. Plural of the masculine of the same as rphiydah; ballusters; Rephidim, a place in the Desert.">at Rephidim,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">but there was no</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">water</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">for the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: liš·tōṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">to drink.</a> 2So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/numbers/20-1.htm">Numbers 20:1-13</a> In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried. / Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron. / The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD! ... <a href="/numbers/33-12.htm">Numbers 33:12-14</a> They set out from the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah. / They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush. / They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/deuteronomy/8-15.htm">Deuteronomy 8:15</a> He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint. <a href="/psalms/78-15.htm">Psalm 78:15-16</a> He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas. / He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers. <a href="/psalms/105-41.htm">Psalm 105:41</a> He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert. <a href="/psalms/114-8.htm">Psalm 114:8</a> who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water! <a href="/isaiah/48-21.htm">Isaiah 48:21</a> They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-4</a> I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. / They all ate the same spiritual food ... <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a> Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ... <a href="/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13-14</a> Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. / But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.” <a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-39</a> On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” / He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. <a href="/revelation/7-16.htm">Revelation 7:16-17</a> ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’ / For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’” <a href="/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15</a> In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them. <a href="/nehemiah/9-20.htm">Nehemiah 9:20</a> You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst. <a href="/deuteronomy/6-16.htm">Deuteronomy 6:16</a> Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.sin<a href="/exodus/16-1.htm">Exodus 16:1</a> And 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.<a href="/numbers/33-12.htm">Numbers 33:12-14</a> And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah… Rephidim<a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">Exodus 17:8</a> Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.<a href="/exodus/19-2.htm">Exodus 19:2</a> 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/16-10.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/exodus/15-27.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/exodus/16-35.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/9-19.htm">Command</a> <a href="/exodus/16-34.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/exodus/16-34.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/exodus/16-22.htm">Community</a> <a href="/exodus/16-22.htm">Company</a> <a href="/exodus/16-22.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/exodus/16-32.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/exodus/15-24.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/exodus/7-24.htm">Drinking-Water</a> <a href="/exodus/15-27.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/exodus/15-27.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/exodus/16-35.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/16-10.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/exodus/16-1.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Journeyed</a> <a href="/genesis/13-3.htm">Journeyings</a> <a href="/genesis/13-3.htm">Journeys</a> <a href="/exodus/14-19.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/exodus/16-34.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/genesis/35-21.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/numbers/33-15.htm">Rephidim</a> <a href="/numbers/33-15.htm">Reph'idim</a> <a href="/exodus/16-1.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-7.htm">Stages</a> <a href="/exodus/16-16.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/exodus/15-22.htm">Traveled</a> <a href="/exodus/14-19.htm">Traveling</a> <a href="/exodus/15-27.htm">Water</a> <a href="/exodus/16-10.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/exodus/16-32.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/34-31.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/exodus/18-5.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/exodus/17-3.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/18-23.htm">Command</a> <a href="/exodus/18-23.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/exodus/24-12.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/exodus/34-31.htm">Community</a> <a href="/exodus/34-31.htm">Company</a> <a href="/exodus/27-21.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/exodus/18-5.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/exodus/17-2.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/numbers/33-14.htm">Drinking-Water</a> <a href="/exodus/19-2.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/exodus/18-5.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/exodus/17-5.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/24-5.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/exodus/18-8.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/exodus/40-36.htm">Journeyed</a> <a href="/numbers/10-12.htm">Journeyings</a> <a href="/exodus/40-36.htm">Journeys</a> <a href="/exodus/23-2.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/exodus/18-16.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/exodus/19-2.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">Rephidim</a> <a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">Reph'idim</a> <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/numbers/10-12.htm">Stages</a> <a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/numbers/9-17.htm">Traveled</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-27.htm">Traveling</a> <a href="/exodus/17-2.htm">Water</a> <a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/exodus/18-5.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 17</div>1. <a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">The people murmur for water to Rephidim</a> 6. <a href="/exodus/17-6.htm">God send them for water to the rock in Horeb</a> 7. <a href="/exodus/17-7.htm">The place is called Massah and Meribah</a> 8. <a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">Amalek is overcome by Joshua, while Moses holds up his hand</a> 14. <a href="/exodus/17-14.htm">Amalek is doomed to destruction; 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</script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/17.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/17.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then the whole congregation of Israel This phrase refers to the entire assembly of the Israelites, including men, women, children, and possibly a mixed multitude that left Egypt with them. The term "congregation" emphasizes their unity as a people chosen by God. This collective movement underscores the communal nature of their journey and their shared experiences and challenges.left the Desert of Sin The Desert of Sin is a geographical area located between Elim and Mount Sinai. The name "Sin" is not related to the English word for wrongdoing but is likely derived from a Semitic root. This desert was part of the Israelites' wilderness journey, a period marked by testing and reliance on God's provision. The departure from this location signifies a transition in their journey towards the Promised Land.moving from place to place as the LORD commanded This indicates that the Israelites' journey was not random but directed by divine guidance. The LORD's command was often communicated through the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night, symbolizing God's presence and leadership. This obedience to divine direction is a recurring theme in their wilderness wanderings, highlighting the importance of following God's guidance.They camped at Rephidim Rephidim is a significant stop in the Israelites' journey, located in the Sinai Peninsula. It is here that they faced a lack of water, leading to a crisis of faith and reliance on God. Rephidim is also the site of the battle with the Amalekites, where Moses' raised hands, supported by Aaron and Hur, led to Israel's victory, symbolizing the power of intercession and divine support.but there was no water for the people to drink The lack of water at Rephidim presents a test of faith for the Israelites, who had previously experienced God's miraculous provision of water at Marah and Elim. This situation foreshadows the recurring theme of grumbling and testing God, which is addressed in the New Testament as a warning against unbelief. The absence of water also sets the stage for God's miraculous provision through Moses striking the rock, a type of Christ as the spiritual Rock providing living water.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and are now journeying through the wilderness. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness_of_sin.htm">The Wilderness of Sin</a> A desert region the Israelites traveled through after leaving Egypt. The name "Sin" is not related to the English word for wrongdoing but is a transliteration of the Hebrew name. 3. <a href="/topical/r/rephidim.htm">Rephidim</a> A location in the wilderness where the Israelites camped. It is significant for the events that follow, including the lack of water and the subsequent miracle of water from the rock. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant name of God, who leads and provides for the Israelites throughout their journey. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_journey.htm">The Journey</a> The Israelites' journey from Egypt to the Promised Land, which is both a physical and spiritual journey of faith and reliance on God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a> Just as the Israelites were dependent on God for their physical needs, we must rely on Him for our spiritual and daily needs. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_command.htm">Obedience to God's Command</a> The Israelites moved according to the command of the LORD, reminding us of the importance of following God's guidance in our lives. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_times_of_lack.htm">Faith in Times of Lack</a> The lack of water at Rephidim challenges us to trust God in times of scarcity, believing in His provision and timing. <a href="/topical/c/community_in_faith.htm">Community in Faith</a> The whole congregation journeyed together, illustrating the importance of community and mutual support in our faith journey. <a href="/topical/t/testing_and_growth.htm">Testing and Growth</a> Trials, like the lack of water, are opportunities for spiritual growth and deeper trust in God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 17</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_israelites_at_rephidim.htm">What archaeological evidence, if any, supports the Israelites' presence at Rephidim (Exodus 17)? </a> <a href="/q/what_happened_at_massah_in_the_bible.htm">What occurred at Massah according to the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_no_external_proof_for_massah_miracle.htm">Why is there no corroboration outside the Bible for such a significant miracle at Massah and Meribah (Exodus 17:7)?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_patmos_in_the_bible.htm">What occurred at Meribah in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XVII.THE MURMURING AT REPHIDIM AND THE FIGHT WITH AMALEK.(1) The children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin.--The route by which Rephidim was reached is very uncertain. From El Markha there are three modes of reaching the Wady Feiran, where Rephidim is placed by most critics. One route (the shortest) is from the northern part of El Markha by Wady Shellal and Wady Magharah, where there was an important Egyptian settlement. This the Israelites would probably have avoided. Another, from the central part of El Markha, leads through the Wady Seih Sidreh to Magharah, and would, therefore, have been equally inconvenient. The third is circuitous, but has the advantage of being very open, and therefore suitable for a vast host. It passes through the whole of El Markha, and then, skirting the mountain, enters Wady Feiran at its south-western extremity. The probability seems on the whole to be that the Israelites pursued this last route.After their journeys.--We find from <a href="/context/numbers/33-12.htm" title="And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.">Numbers 33:12-13</a>, that Rephidim was reached from the wilderness of Sin by three journeys--from Sin to Dophkah, from Dophkah to Alush, and from Alusb to Rephidim. The distance by the route which we have supposed the Israelites to have taken is about fifty miles.Rephidim means rests, or resting-places, and is an appropriate name for the central part of the Wady Feiran--the most fertile spot in the whole peninsula, where there is usually abundant water, rich vegetation, and numerous palm-trees. (Lepsius, Tour from Thebes to Sinai, pp. 21, 37; Stanley, Sinai and Palestine, pp. 40, 41.) According to Dean Stanley, "the oldest known tradition of the peninsula" identifies Rephidim with Paran--the seat of an early bishopric--undoubtedly the same word with Feiran.There was no water.--Though Feiran is usually watered by a copious stream, there have been occasions when the brook has been dried up. Graul found it dry in March, 1858. (Stanley, p. 40, Note 3.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 1-7. - THE SECOND MUMURING FOR WATER. When the Israelites had come to Rephidim which was probably in the Wady Feiran, near its junction with the Wady Esh-Sheikh, complaint arose, not, as at Marah (<a href="/exodus/15-23.htm">Exodus 15:23</a>), that there was no drinkable water, but that there was no water at all. Water had been expected, and consequently no supply had been brought; but none was found. Violent murmurs arose, and the people were ready to stone their leader (ver. 4), who had, they considered, brought them into the difficulty. As usual, Moses took his grief to God, and laid it before him, with the result that God gave miraculous relief. Moses was bidden to take his rod, and go with the elders to a particular rock known as "the rock in Horeb" (ver. 6), and there strike the rock, and water would flow forth. This he did, and a copious stream welled out, which furnished abundant drink to the whole multitude. In remembrance of the murmuring, he called the place Massah (trial) and Meribah (quarrel). Verse 1. - From the wilderness of Sin. See the comment on Exodus 16:1. The sandy coast tract (El Murka) was probably quitted in lat. 28° 42' nearly, and the Wady Feiran entered on at its south-western extremity. Two stations, Dophkah and Alush, lay between the Sin wilderness and Rephidim, as we learn from <a href="/numbers/33-12.htm">Numbers 33:12, 13</a>. It is impossible to locate these places with exactness. After their journeys. The three stages - from Sin to Dophkah, from Dophkah to Alush, and from Alush to Rephidim - seem to be alluded to. According to the commandment of the Lord. Literally, "at the mouth of Jehovah," i.e. as God ordered them. The command was signified by the movement of the "pillar of the cloud." And pitched in Rephidim. The word Rephidim signifies "resting places," and "is the natural name for the paradise of the Bedouins in the palm-grove where the church and palace of the bishops of Paran formerly stood "(Stanley, Sinai and Palestine, p. 41). There was no water. The Wady Feiran is watered ordinarily by a copious stream; but at times the brook is dry (ibid. p. 40, note 3). <a href="/commentaries/exodus/17-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then the entire כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every congregation עֲדַ֨ת (‘ă·ḏaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5712.htm">Strong's 5712: </a> A stated assemblage of Israel בְּנֵֽי־ (bə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son left וַ֠יִּסְעוּ (way·yis·‘ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5265.htm">Strong's 5265: </a> To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey the Desert מִמִּדְבַּר־ (mim·miḏ·bar-) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> A pasture, a desert, speech of Sin, סִ֛ין (sîn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5512.htm">Strong's 5512: </a> Eastern frontier city of Egypt moving from place to place לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם (lə·mas·‘ê·hem) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4550.htm">Strong's 4550: </a> A pulling up, breaking (camp), setting out, a journey as עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the LORD יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel commanded. פִּ֣י (pî) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6310.htm">Strong's 6310: </a> The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to They camped וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ (way·ya·ḥă·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2583.htm">Strong's 2583: </a> To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp at Rephidim, בִּרְפִידִ֔ים (bir·p̄î·ḏîm) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7508.htm">Strong's 7508: </a> Rephidim -- a place in the desert but there was no וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle water מַ֖יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> Water, juice, urine, semen for the people הָעָֽם׃ (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock to drink. לִשְׁתֹּ֥ת (liš·tōṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> To imbibe <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">OT Law: Exodus 17:1 All the congregation of the children (Exo. 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