Rithmah was a place where the Israelites camped during their journey from Egypt to Canaan (Num. 33:18-19).
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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Wild broom, a station in the wilderness (Num. 33:18, 19), the “broom valley,” or “valley of broombushes,” the place apparently of the original encampment of Israel, near Kadesh.
(heath), a march-station in the wilderness, (Numbers 33:18,19) Probably northeast of Hazeroth.
RITH'MAH (broom), a station of Israel, Num 33:18-19, named from retem or rethem, "the broom," a species of low bush growing in the wilderness. Some regard it as being the same as "Kadesh" of Num 13:26; Rowlands suggests that it is at Sahel er-Retmah, west of 'Ain Kadesh, which he makes Kadesh.
RITH'MAH (broom), a station of Israel, Num 33:18-19, named from retem or rethem, "the broom," a species of low bush growing in the wilderness. Some regard it as being the same as "Kadesh" of Num 13:26; Rowlands suggests that it is at Sahel er-Retmah, west of 'Ain Kadesh, which he makes Kadesh.
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2 verses in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H7575
They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
They set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.
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