Bible Strands
Numbers 33:15
They set out from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Israelite community departs Rephidim after a documented water shortage and establishes a camp in the Sinai wilderness. This entry records a specific waypoint in the post-exodus travel itinerary.
The words — The Hebrew terms וַ/יִּסְע֖וּ (va/i.yis.'U) and וַֽ/יַּחֲנ֖וּ (va/i.ya.cha.Nu) denote the sequential actions of departing and encamping. These verbs frame the narrative movement from one station to the next.
The thread — The location appears in Exodus 16:1 as the destination after leaving Egypt and in Exodus 19:1 as the site of arrival in the third month. Numbers 33:16 immediately follows this camp with the departure toward Kibroth-hattaavah.
Why it lands — The verse functions as a logistical marker that tracks the precise geographical progression of the Israelite camp. It requires the reader to recognize the deliberate, step-by-step nature of the wilderness itinerary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
Cross-references
- Exodus 19:1 In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.
- 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.