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    Rithmah

    רִתְמָה

    Rithmah was a place where the Israelites camped during their journey from Egypt to Canaan (Num. 33:18-19).

    Where the story of Rithmah happensWhere the gazetteer locates Rithmah, framed to them: Rithmah. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Rithmah
    Where the gazetteer locates Rithmah
    verses
    2
    first named
    Numbers 33:18
    last named
    Numbers 33:19
    feature
    campsite
    coordinates
    29.03°N · 34.13°E
    campsite29.03°N · 34.13°E

    Wadi Ratamah (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 5 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Rithmah in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Rithmah was one of the places where the Israelites camped during their wilderness wanderings after the Exodus from Egypt. It is mentioned in the list of the Israelites' encampments in the book of Numbers, between Hazeroth and Rimmon-perez (Num. 33:18-19). The name Rithmah means "juniper" or "broom tree." No other details are provided about this location in the Bible, and its exact site remains unknown. It was likely situated somewhere in the Sinai Peninsula or the Negev desert.

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    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 1 book.

    1. Numbers2 verses

      33:1833:19

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Israelite JourneysAaronMoses' brother, first high priest of Israelvia Israelite JourneysAbronahA desert campsite during Israel's wilderness wanderings.via Israelite JourneysAlushA campsite during Israel's wilderness journey.via Israelite JourneysBene-jaakanIsraelite encampment during the wilderness wanderings.via Israelite JourneysBeth-jeshimothTown in Moab, allotted to Reuben, mentioned in prophecy.via Israelite JourneysDiblathaimA place where the Israelites camped during their wilderness wanderings.via Israelite JourneysDibonMoabite city, allotted to Gad, later possessed by Moab.via Israelite JourneysDivisionDivision is a concept gathering 85 labelled instances in the text.via Israelite JourneysDophkahA place where the Israelites camped during their wilderness wanderings.

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