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New Living Translation

Numbers 33:10

They left Elim and camped beside the Red Sea.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Camp, Encampments;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Red sea;   Tabernacle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Exodus;   Wandering;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Exodus, the;   Number;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Red Sea (Reed Sea);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Encampment by the Sea;   Numbers, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Elim ;   Wanderings of the Israelites;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Rimmonparez;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Paran;   Red sea;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Red Sea;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Encampment by the Red Sea;   Exodus, the;   Numbers, Book of;   Wanderings of Israel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ashirah;   Elim;   Red Sea;   Scroll of the Law;   Sidra;   Sinai, Mount;   Wilderness, Wanderings in the;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
They journeyed from Elim, and encamped by the Sea of Suf.
King James Version
And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
Lexham English Bible
They set out from Elim, and they camped at the Red Sea.
English Standard Version
And they set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
New Century Version
They left Elim and camped near the Red Sea.
New English Translation
They traveled from Elim, and camped by the Red Sea.
Amplified Bible
They moved out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds).
New American Standard Bible
They journeyed from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they remoued from Elim, and camped by the red Sea.
Legacy Standard Bible
They journeyed from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
Contemporary English Version
They left Elim and camped near the Red Sea,
Complete Jewish Bible
They moved on from Eilim and camped by the Sea of Suf.
Darby Translation
And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
Easy-to-Read Version
They left Elim and camped near the Red Sea.
George Lamsa Translation
And they departed from Elim and encamped by the Red Sea.
Good News Translation
They left Elim and camped near the Gulf of Suez.
Christian Standard Bible®
They traveled from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
Literal Translation
And they pulled up stakes from Elim and camped by the Sea of Reeds.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
From Elim they departed, and pitched by the reed see.
American Standard Version
And they journeyed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea.
Bible in Basic English
And they went on from Elim and put up their tents by the Red Sea.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they remoued from Elim, and camped fast by the red sea.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they journeyed from Elim, and pitched by the Red Sea.
King James Version (1611)
And they remooued from Elim, and encamped by the red sea.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they departed from Ælim, and encamped by the Red Sea.
English Revised Version
And they journeyed from Elim, and pitched by the Red Sea.
Berean Standard Bible
They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But also thei yeden out fro thennus, and settiden tentis on the Reed See. And thei yeden forth fro the Reed See,
Young's Literal Translation
and they journey from Elim, and encamp by the Red Sea.
Update Bible Version
And they journeyed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
World English Bible
They journeyed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea.
New King James Version
They moved from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
New Life Bible
Then they traveled from Elim and stayed by the Red Sea.
New Revised Standard
They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they brake up from Elim, - and encamped by the Red Sea.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But departing from thence also, they pitched their tents by the Red Sea. And departing from the Red Sea,
Revised Standard Version
And they set out from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They journeyed from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

Contextual Overview

1 This is the route the Israelites followed as they marched out of Egypt under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. 2 At the Lord 's direction, Moses kept a written record of their progress. These are the stages of their march, identified by the different places where they stopped along the way. 3 They set out from the city of Rameses in early spring—on the fifteenth day of the first month—on the morning after the first Passover celebration. The people of Israel left defiantly, in full view of all the Egyptians. 4 Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn sons, whom the Lord had killed the night before. The Lord had defeated the gods of Egypt that night with great acts of judgment! 5 After leaving Rameses, the Israelites set up camp at Succoth. 6 Then they left Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness. 7 They left Etham and turned back toward Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and camped near Migdol. 8 They left Pi-hahiroth and crossed the Red Sea into the wilderness beyond. Then they traveled for three days into the Etham wilderness and camped at Marah. 9 They left Marah and camped at Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees. 10 They left Elim and camped beside the Red Sea.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Elim: Exodus 16:1, Exodus 17:1

Cross-References

Genesis 19:19
"You have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great kindness. But I cannot go to the mountains. Disaster would catch up to me there, and I would soon die.
Genesis 32:30
Jacob named the place Peniel (which means "face of God"), for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared."
Genesis 33:12
"Well," Esau said, "let's be going. I will lead the way."
Genesis 33:13
But Jacob replied, "You can see, my lord, that some of the children are very young, and the flocks and herds have their young, too. If they are driven too hard, even for one day, all the animals could die.
Genesis 43:3
But Judah said, "The man was serious when he warned us, ‘You won't see my face again unless your brother is with you.'
Genesis 47:29
As the time of his death drew near, Jacob called for his son Joseph and said to him, "Please do me this favor. Put your hand under my thigh and swear that you will treat me with unfailing love by honoring this last request: Do not bury me in Egypt.
Genesis 50:4
When the period of mourning was over, Joseph approached Pharaoh's advisers and said, "Please do me this favor and speak to Pharaoh on my behalf.
Ruth 2:10
Ruth fell at his feet and thanked him warmly. "What have I done to deserve such kindness?" she asked. "I am only a foreigner."
1 Samuel 20:3
Then David took an oath before Jonathan and said, "Your father knows perfectly well about our friendship, so he has said to himself, ‘I won't tell Jonathan—why should I hurt him?' But I swear to you that I am only a step away from death! I swear it by the Lord and by your own soul!"
2 Samuel 3:13
"All right," David replied, "but I will not negotiate with you unless you bring back my wife Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. This encampment, is omitted in the book of Exodus, see Exodus 16:1 this part or arm of the Red sea, whither they came, was six miles from Elim.

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. VI.

Verse Numbers 33:10. Encamped by the RED SEA.] It is difficult to assign the place of this encampment, as the Israelites were now on their way to Mount Sinai, which lay considerably to the east of Elim, and consequently farther from the sea than the former station. It might be called by the Red Sea, as the Israelites had it, as the principal object, still in view. This station however is mentioned nowhere else. By the Red Sea we are not to understand a sea, the waters of which are red, or the sand red, or any thing else about or in it red; for nothing of this kind appears. It is called in Hebrew ים סוף yam suph, which signifies the weedy sea. The Septuagint rendered the original by θαλασσα εραθρα, and the Vulgate after it by mare rubrum, and the European versions followed these, and, in opposition to etymology and reason, translated it the Red Sea. Exodus 10:19.


 
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