Rithmah

Rithmah

Rithmah (Hebrew: רִתְמָה) is one of the places the Israelites stopped at during the Exodus.

The name may mean "wild broom", the "broom valley", or "valley of broombushes".Fact|date=February 2007


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  • Numbers 33 — 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. 2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and… …   The King James version of the Bible

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  • HAZEROTH — (Heb. חֲצֵרוֹת, ḥaẓerot). (1) The second station of the Israelites on their journey eastward from Mount Sinai to Ezion Geber between Kibroth Hattaavah and Rithmah in the wilderness of Paran (Num. 11:35; 33:17–18). At Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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