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Exodus 17:1

IsraelRephidimSin
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.

2 So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”

3 But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”

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BSB
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.
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.
WEB
All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, starting according to the LORD’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And all the congregation of the sons of Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sin on their journeys, according to the mouth of YHWH. And they camped in Rephidim, and [there was] no water for the people to drink.
ÅB
Så dro hele Israels barns menighet fra ørkenen Sin i dagsreiser etter Herrens befaling; de slo leir i Refidim, og folket hadde ikke vann å drikke.
OTB
Hele menigheten av israelittene dro videre i etapper fra ørkenen Sin, etter Herrens befaling, og slo leir ved Rephidim, hvor det ikke var vann for folket å drikke.
B1930
Så drog hele Israels barns menighet fra ørkenen Sin i dagsreiser efter Herrens befaling; de slo leir i Refidim, og folket hadde ikke vann å drikke.

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Cross references

  • 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 between Elim and Sinai.

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  • 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.

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  • Exodus 17:8

    After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

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  • Numbers 33:12–14

    They set out from the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

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