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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37208" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37208" /> == | ||
<p> ("a worm".) A station in Israel's march ( Numbers 33:21-22). Roman Rasa, 30 miles from Elath, on the road to Jerusalem, on the plateau of the wilderness near the hill now named Ras- | <p> ("a worm".) A station in Israel's march ( Numbers 33:21-22). Roman Rasa, 30 miles from Elath, on the road to Jerusalem, on the plateau of the wilderness near the hill now named '''''Ras-El-Κaa''''' , i.e. "head of the plain," N.W. of Ezion Geber, and W. of [[El]] Beyaneh. </p> | ||
== Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48612" /> == | == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48612" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_58207" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_58207" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Rissah', רַסָּה '', A Ruin'' ; Sept. ῾Ρεσσά v.r. ῾Ρεσσάν and Δεσσά )'','' the twentieth station of the Hebrews in the desert ( Numbers 33:21-22). It lies, as there given, between [[Libnah]] and Kehelathah, and has been considered identical with ''Rasa'' in the ''Peuting. Itiner.,'' thirty-two Roman miles from Ailah (Elah), and 203 miles south of Jerusalem, distinct, however, from the ῾Ρῆσσα of [[Josephus]] (''Ant.'' 14, 15, 2). (See [[Exode]]). </p> | <p> (Heb. Rissah', '''''רַסָּה''''' '', A Ruin'' ; Sept. '''''῾Ρεσσά''''' v.r. '''''῾Ρεσσάν''''' and '''''Δεσσά''''' ) '','' the twentieth station of the Hebrews in the desert ( Numbers 33:21-22). It lies, as there given, between [[Libnah]] and Kehelathah, and has been considered identical with ''Rasa'' in the ''Peuting. Itiner.,'' thirty-two Roman miles from Ailah (Elah), and 203 miles south of Jerusalem, distinct, however, from the '''''῾Ρῆσσα''''' of [[Josephus]] ( ''Ant.'' 14, 15, 2). (See [[Exode]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7523" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7523" /> == | ||
