1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Exodus 17:1 | Then all the multitude of the children of Israel setting forward *from the desert of Sin, by their mansions, according to the word of the Lord, encamped in Raphidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. | Year of the World 2513. Mansions, at Daphca, (Numbers 33:12,) and perhaps at Aluz. (Calmet) --- Raphidim, the 11th station mentioned by Moses, which was afterwards called Massa, "temptation," because the people murmured in this place. (Menochius) |