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Exodus 17:1
Exodus 17:1 is verse 1 of Exodus chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
The geographical name Sin is related to Sinai and should not be mistaken for the English word sin.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, starting according to Yahweh’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.
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Exodus 17:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible
1 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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 16:1On 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.
Numbers 33:12They set out from the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
Numbers 33:13They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush.
Numbers 33:14They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
Exodus 17:8After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
Exodus 19:2After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.