Numbers 33:13

13 And they departed from Raphaca, and encamped in Aelus.

Numbers 33:13 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 33:13

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 ^F4, 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 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 5. p. 17.

Numbers 33:13 In-Context

11 And they departed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

12 And they departed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Raphaca.

13 And they departed from Raphaca, and encamped in Aelus.

14 And they departed from Aelus, and encamped in Raphidin; and there was no water there for the people to drink.

15 And they departed from Raphidin, and encamped in the wilderness of Sina.