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Good News Translation

Numbers 33:9

From there they went to Elim, where they camped, because there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees there.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Elim;   Israel;   Marah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Camp, Encampments;   Elim;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Elim;   Wandering;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elim;   Number;   Palmtree;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elim;   Eye;   Palms;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Elim;   Marah;   Numbers, Book of;   Palm Tree;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Elim ;   Marah ;   Palm, Palm Tree,;   Wanderings of the Israelites;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Marah;   Paran;   Smith Bible Dictionary - E'lim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elim;   En-;   Number;   Numbers, Book of;   Palm Tree;   Well;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Elim;   Numbers and Numerals;   Palm;   Scroll of the Law;   Sidra;   Sinai, Mount;   Wilderness, Wanderings in the;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
They journeyed from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there.
King James Version
And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
Lexham English Bible
They set out from Marah and came to Elim, and in Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
English Standard Version
And they set out from Marah and came to Elim; at Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
New Century Version
They left Marah and went to Elim; there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees where they camped.
New English Translation
They traveled from Marah and came to Elim; in Elim there are twelve fountains of water and seventy palm trees, so they camped there.
Amplified Bible
They moved out from Marah and came to Elim; in Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
New American Standard Bible
They journeyed from Marah and came to Elim; and in Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they remoued from Marah, and came vnto Elim, and in Elim were twelue fountaines of water, and seuentie palme trees, and they pitched there.
Legacy Standard Bible
They journeyed from Marah and came to Elim; and in Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
Contemporary English Version
Next, they camped at Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees.
Complete Jewish Bible
They moved on from Marah and came to Eilim; in Eilim were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, so they camped there.
Darby Translation
And they removed from Marah, and came to Elim; and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm-trees, and they encamped there.
Easy-to-Read Version
They left Marah and went to Elim and camped there. There were 12 springs of water and 70 palm trees there.
George Lamsa Translation
And they departed from Morath and came to Elim; and in Elim were twelve fountains of water and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the water.
Christian Standard Bible®
They traveled from Marah and came to Elim. There were twelve springs and seventy date palms at Elim, so they camped there.
Literal Translation
And they pulled up stakes from Marah and came to Elim. And in Elim were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees. And they camped there.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
From Marah they departed, and came vnto Elim, where there were twolue welles of water, and seuentye palme trees, & and there they pitched.
American Standard Version
And they journeyed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there.
Bible in Basic English
And from Marah they went on to Elim: and in Elim there were twelve water-springs and seventy palm-trees; and they put up their tents there.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they remoued from Marah, and came vnto Elim, where were twelue fountaynes of water, and threescore & ten Palme trees, & they pitched there.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they journeyed from Marah, and came unto Elim; and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees; and they pitched there.
King James Version (1611)
And they remoued from Marah, and came vnto Elim, and in Elim were twelue fountaines of water, and three score and ten palme trees, and they pitched there.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they departed from Picriae, and came to Ælim; and in Ælim were twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm-trees, and they encamped there by the water.
English Revised Version
And they journeyed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
Berean Standard Bible
They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei yeden forth fro Mara, and camen in to Helym, where weren twelue wellis of watir, and seuenti palm trees; and there thei settiden tentis.
Young's Literal Translation
And they journey from Marah, and come in to Elim, and in Elim [are] twelve fountains of waters, and seventy palm trees, and they encamp there;
Update Bible Version
And they journeyed from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm-trees; and they encamped there.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they removed from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim [were] twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm-trees; and they encamped there.
World English Bible
They journeyed from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there.
New King James Version
They moved from Marah and came to Elim. At Elim were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there.
New Living Translation
They left Marah and camped at Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees.
New Life Bible
They left Marah and came to Elim. There were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees in Elim, and they stayed there.
New Revised Standard
They set out from Marah and came to Elim; at Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they brake up from Marah, and came in towards Elim; there being, in Elim, twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm-tree, so they encamped there.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And departing from Mara, they came into Elim, where there were twelve fountains of waters, and seventy palm trees: and there they camped.
Revised Standard Version
And they set out from Marah, and came to Elim; at Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They journeyed from Marah and came to Elim; and in Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

Contextual Overview

1 The following account gives the names of the places where the Israelites set up camp after they left Egypt in their tribes under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. 2 At the command of the Lord , Moses wrote down the name of the place each time they set up camp. 3 The people of Israel left Egypt on the fifteenth day of the first month of the year, the day after the first Passover. Under the Lord 's protection they left the city of Rameses in full view of the Egyptians, 4 who were burying the first-born sons that the Lord had killed. By doing this, the Lord showed that he was more powerful than the gods of Egypt. 5 The people of Israel left Rameses and set up camp at Sukkoth. 6 Their next camp was at Etham on the edge of the desert. 7 From there they turned back to Pi Hahiroth, east of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol. 8 They left Pi Hahiroth and passed through the Red Sea into the desert of Shur; after a three days' march they camped at Marah. 9 From there they went to Elim, where they camped, because there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees there. 10 They left Elim and camped near the Gulf of Suez.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 15:27

Cross-References

Genesis 4:9
The Lord asked Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" He answered, "I don't know. Am I supposed to take care of my brother?"
Genesis 27:39
Then Isaac said to him, "No dew from heaven for you, No fertile fields for you.
Genesis 27:41
Esau hated Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, "The time to mourn my father's death is near; then I will kill Jacob."
Proverbs 16:7
When you please the Lord , you can make your enemies into friends.
Proverbs 30:15
A leech has two daughters, and both are named "Give me!" There are four things that are never satisfied:
Ecclesiastes 4:8
Here is someone who lives alone. He has no son, no brother, yet he is always working, never satisfied with the wealth he has. For whom is he working so hard and denying himself any pleasure? This is useless, too—and a miserable way to live.
Acts 9:17
So Ananias went, entered the house where Saul was, and placed his hands on him. "Brother Saul," he said, "the Lord has sent me—Jesus himself, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here. He sent me so that you might see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
Acts 21:20
After hearing him, they all praised God. Then they said, "Brother Paul, you can see how many thousands of Jews have become believers, and how devoted they all are to the Law.
Philemon 1:7
Your love, dear brother, has brought me great joy and much encouragement! You have cheered the hearts of all of God's people.
Philemon 1:16
And now he is not just a slave, but much more than a slave: he is a dear brother in Christ. How much he means to me! And how much more he will mean to you, both as a slave and as a brother in the Lord!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim,.... Which was eight miles from Marah:

and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and three score and ten palm trees, and they pitched there; being a convenient place of water for them,

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This list was written out by Moses at God’s command Numbers 33:2, doubtless as a memorial of God’s providential care for His people throughout this long and trying period.

Numbers 33:3-6. For these places, see the marginal reference.

Numbers 33:8

Pi-hahiroth - Hebrew “Hahiroth,” but perhaps only by an error of transcription. However, the omitted “pi” is only a common Egyptian prefix.

Wilderness of Etham - i. e., that part of the great wilderness of Shur which adjoined Etham; compare Exodus 15:22 note.

The list of stations up to that at Sinai agrees with the narrative of Exodus except that we have here mentioned Numbers 33:10 an encampment by the Red Sea, and two others, Dophkah and Alush Numbers 33:12-14, which are there omitted. On these places see Exodus 17:1 note.

Numbers 33:16, Numbers 33:17

See the Numbers 11:35 note.

Numbers 33:18

Rithmah - The name of this station is derived from retem, the broom-plant, the “juniper” of the King James Version. This must be the same encampment as that which is said in Numbers 13:26 to have been at Kadesh.

Numbers 33:19

Rimmon-parez - Or rather Rimmon-perez, i. e., “Rimmon (i. e., the Pomegranate) of the Breach.” It may have been here that the sedition of Korah occurred.

Verse 19-36

The stations named are those visited during the years of penal wandering. The determination of their positions is, in many cases, difficult, because during this period there was no definite line of march pursued. But it is probable that the Israelites during this period did not overstep the boundaries of the wilderness of Paran (as defined in Numbers 10:12), except to pass along the adjoining valley of the Arabah; while the tabernacle and organized camp moved about from place to place among them (compare Numbers 20:1).

Rissah, Haradah, and Tahath are probably the same as Rasa, Aradeh, and Elthi of the Roman tables. The position of Hashmonah (Heshmon in Joshua 15:27) in the Azazimeh mountains points out the road followed by the children of Israel to be that which skirts the southwestern extremity of Jebel Magrah.

Numbers 33:34

Ebronah - i. e, “passage.” This station apparently lay on the shore of the Elanitic gulf, at a point where the ebb of the tide left a ford across. Hence, the later Targum renders the word as “fords.”

Numbers 33:35

Ezion-gaber - “Giant’s backbone.” The Wady Ghadhyan, a valley running eastward into the Arabah some miles north of the present head of the Elanitic gulf. A salt marsh which here overspreads a portion of the Arabah may be taken as indicating the limit to which the sea anciently reached; and we may thus infer the existence here in former times of an extensive tidal haven, at the head of which the city of Ezion-geber stood. Here it was that from the time of Solomon onward the Jewish navy was constructed 1 Kings 9:26; 1 Kings 22:49.

Numbers 33:41-49

Zalmonah and Punon are stations on the Pilgrim’s road; and the general route is fairly ascertained by a comparison of these verses with Numbers 21:4, etc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

STAT. V.

Verse Numbers 33:9. And came unto ELIM] A place on the skirts of the deserts of Sin, two leagues from Tor, and nearly thirty from Corondel, a large bay on the east side of the Red Sea. Dr. Shaw, when he visited this place, found but nine of the twelve wells mentioned in the text, and instead of 70 palm trees, he found upwards of 2,000. Exodus 15:27.


 
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