Chūāijíjì 17:1

1 Yǐsèliè quánhuì zhòng dōu zūn Yēhéhuá de fēnfu , àn zhe zhàn kǒu cóng Xùn de kuàngyĕ wǎng qián xíng , zaì Lìfēidéng ān yíng . bǎixìng méiyǒu shuǐ hē ,

Chūāijíjì 17:1 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 17:1

And all the congregation of the children of Israel
journeyed from the wilderness of Sin
Where they had stayed some time, at least a week, as it should seem, from the gathering the manna there six days, and resting on the seventh:

after their journeys:
first from the wilderness of Sin to Dophkah, and from Dophkah to Alusb, and from Alush to Rephidim, as appears from ( Numbers 33:12-14 ) their two stations at Dophkah and Alush are here omitted, nothing very remarkable or of any moment happening at either place:

according to the commandment;
or "mouth of the Lord" ^F4, who, either with an articulate voice out of the cloud, ordered when they should march, and where they should encamp; or else this was signified by the motion or rest of the pillar of cloud or fire, which always went before them, in which the Lord was:

and pitched in Rephidim;
which was a place on the western side of Mount Sinai: according to Bunting ^F5, Dophkah was twelve miles from the wilderness of Sin, and Alush twelve miles from Dophkah, and Rephidim eight miles from Alush: and Jerom says ^F6, according to the propriety of the Syriac language, it signifies a remission of hands: and to which the Targum of Jonathan seems to have respect, adding,

``the place where their hands ceased from the precepts of the law, wherefore the fountains were dried up;''

and it follows:

and there was no water for the people to drink;
being a sandy desert place.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (yp le) "super ore", Montanus, "ad os", Vatablus.
F5 Travels, p. 82.
F6 Epist. ad Fabiolam de 42 mansion. tom. 3. fol. 15. B.

Chūāijíjì 17:1 In-Context

1 Yǐsèliè quánhuì zhòng dōu zūn Yēhéhuá de fēnfu , àn zhe zhàn kǒu cóng Xùn de kuàngyĕ wǎng qián xíng , zaì Lìfēidéng ān yíng . bǎixìng méiyǒu shuǐ hē ,

2 Suǒyǐ yǔ Móxī zhēng nào , shuō , gĕi wǒmen shuǐ hē ba . Móxī duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen wèishénme yǔ wǒ zhēng nào , wèishénme shìtan Yēhéhuá ne .

3 Bǎixìng zaì nàli shèn kĕ , yào hē shuǐ , jiù xiàng Móxī fā yuànyán , shuō , nǐ wèishénme jiàng wǒmen cóng Āijí lǐng chūlai , shǐ wǒmen hé wǒmen de érnǚ bìng shēngchù dōu kĕ sǐ ne .

4 Móxī jiù hū qiú Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ xiàng zhè bǎixìng zĕnyàng xíng ne , tāmen jīhū yào ná shítou dǎ sǐ wǒ .

5 Yēhéhuá duì Móxī shuō , nǐ shǒu lǐ ná zhe nǐ xiānqián jī dá hé shuǐ de zhàng , daìlǐng Yǐsèliè de jǐ gè zhǎnglǎo , cóng bǎixìng miànqián zǒu guò qù .