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(Heb. Rissah', øַñָּä , a ruin; Sept. ῾ÑåóóÜ v.r. ῾ÑåóóÜí and ÄåóóÜ ), the twentieth station of the Hebrews in the desert (Num_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 ῾Ñῆóóá of Josephus (Ant. 14, 15, 2). SEE EXODE.