And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
| Word | Hebrew | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| departed | וַיִּסְע֖וּ vai.yis.'U | H5265 | properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural |
| Dophkah | מִדָּפְקָ֑ה mi.da.fe.Kah | H1850 | Dophkah · preposition + proper noun, a place name |
| encamped | וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ vai.ya.cha.Nu | H2583 | properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural |
| Alush | בְּאָלֽוּשׁ be.'a.Lush | H442 | Alush · preposition + proper noun, a place name |
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Dophkah . . . Alush . . . Rephidim--These three stations, in the great valleys of El Sheikh and Feiran, would be equivalent to four days' journey for such a host. Rephidim (Exo 17:6) was in Horeb, the burnt region--a generic name for a hot, mountainous country. [See on Exo 17:1.]
And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. The strong fort, as the Targum of Jonathan calls it; this was twelve miles from Dophkah: according to the Jewish chronology (d), this Alush is the wilderness of Sin, where the Israelites came on the fifteenth day of the seventh month from their going out of Egypt; and they say, that in Alush the sabbath was given them, and that there they kept the first sabbath, as it is said: and the people rested on the seventh day, Exodus 16:30. (d) Seder Olam Rabba, c. 5. p. 17.
Numbers 33:1-56 1. These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies, under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 1. Istae sunt profectiones filiorum Israel, qui egressi sunt e terra Egypti, per exercitus suos, per manum Mosis et Aharon. 2. And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. 2. Scripsit autem Moses egressus eorum per profectiones eorum juxta sermonem Jehovae: istae, inquam, sunt profectiones eorum per egressus eorum. 3. And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the mo…
Read the whole note in the consoleAs the Israelites had ended their wanderings through the desert, when they arrived in the steppes of Moab by the Jordan opposite to Jericho (Num 22:1), and as they began to take possession when the conquered land beyond Jordan was portioned out (ch. 32), the history of the desert wandering closes with a list of the stations which they had left behind them. This list was written out by Moses "at the command of Jehovah" (Num 33:2), as a permanent memorial for after ages, as every station which Israel left behind on the journey from Egypt to Canaan "through the great and terrible desert," was a memorial of the grace and faithfulness with which the Lord led His people safely "in the desert land…
They set out therefore from Rithmah and come to Rimmon-perez. Rimmon-perez is interpreted "labors." And do not wonder if labors follow upon health. For the soul obtains health from God precisely for this, that it may take up labors with delight and not unwillingly; for it will be said to it: "You shall eat the labors of your fruits, blessed are you, and it shall be well with you."
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Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
Elim remains impossible to identify with certainty, but it may have been the oasis (with springs and palm trees) at Wadi Gharandel.
ומצרים מקברים AND THIS EGYPTIANS WERE BURYING [ALL THEIR FIRSTBORN] — they were busily occupied in their mourning.
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