Rissah

Rissah (ris's [Heb. rissd-' dew'])[1] is one of the places or stations of the Exodus. These are the places the Sons of Israel or Israelites were said to have stopped at during the Exodus presented in a sequence which gives the route.

Rissah is comes after Libnah, the white land in the west. Libna was a Libyan emporia on the coast of Palestine north of Gaza.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Geoffrey W. Bromiley (ed.), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia:K-P (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing 1995 ISBN 978-0-8028-3784-4) p197
Previous Station:
Libnah		 The Exodus
Stations list		 Next Station:
Kehelathah

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "article name needed". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons. 

Coordinates: 29°59′N 34°40′E / 29.983°N 34.667°E / 29.983; 34.667

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