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They arrived there on the fifteenth day of the second month, one month after leaving the land of Egypt. <a href="/esv/exodus/16.htm">English Standard Version</a> They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt. <a href="/bsb/exodus/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai. <a href="/kjv/exodus/16.htm">King James Bible</a> And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/16.htm">New King James Version</a> And they journeyed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they departed from the land of Egypt. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. <a href="/nasb/exodus/16.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. <a href="/lsb/exodus/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. <a href="/amp/exodus/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a> They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they left the land of Egypt. <a href="/csb/exodus/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The entire Israelite community departed from Elim and came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The entire Israelite community departed from Elim and came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt. <a href="/asv/exodus/16.htm">American Standard Version</a> And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. <a href="/cev/exodus/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> On the fifteenth day of the second month after the Israelites had escaped from Egypt, they left Elim and started through the western edge of the Sinai Desert in the direction of Mount Sinai. <a href="/erv/exodus/16.htm">English Revised Version</a> And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. <a href="/gwt/exodus/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The whole community of Israelites moved from Elim and came to the desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai. This was on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left Egypt. <a href="/gnt/exodus/16.htm">Good News Translation</a> The whole Israelite community set out from Elim, and on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left Egypt, they came to the desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai. <a href="/isv/exodus/16.htm">International Standard Version</a> Later, they left Elim, and the whole congregation of the Israelis came to the desert of Sin, which lay between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. <a href="/msb/exodus/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai. <a href="/net/exodus/16.htm">NET Bible</a> When they journeyed from Elim, the entire company of Israelites came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their exodus from the land of Egypt. <a href="/nheb/exodus/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. <a href="/wbt/exodus/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. <a href="/web/exodus/16.htm">World English Bible</a> They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And they journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel come to the wilderness of Sin, which [is] between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month of their going out from the land of Egypt. <a href="/ylt/exodus/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And they journey from Elim, and all the company of the sons of Israel come in unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month of their going out from the land of Egypt. <a href="/slt/exodus/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they will remove from Ailam, and all the assembly of the sons of Israel will come to the desert of Sin, which is between Ailam and between Sinai, the fifteenth day of the second month of their coming out of the land of Egypt.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And they set forward from Elim, and all the multitude of the children of Israel came into the desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai: the fifteenth day of the second month, after they came out of the land of Egypt. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And they set out from Elim. And the entire multitude of the sons of Israel arrived at the desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month, after they departed from the land of Egypt. <a href="/nabre/exodus/16.htm">New American Bible</a> Having set out from Elim, the whole Israelite community came into the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The whole congregation of the Israelites set out from Elim; and Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> AND they journeyed from Elim, and the whole congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Seen, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they picked up from Alim and all the assembly of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin that is between Alim and Sinai in the fifteenth of the second month from the time that the children of Israel had gone from Egypt.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. <a href="/sep/exodus/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they departed from Aelim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Aelim and Sina; and on the fifteenth day, in the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt, <a href="/parallel/exodus/16-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=3959" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/16.htm">Manna and Quail from Heaven</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: ba·ḥă·miš·šāh (Prep-b, Art:: Number-ms) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five.">On the fifteenth</a> <a href="/hebrew/6240.htm" title="6240: ‘ā·śār (Number-ms) -- Ten. For eser; ten, i.e. -teen; also -teenth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/8145.htm" title="8145: haš·šê·nî (Art:: Number-oms) -- Second (an ord. number). From shanah; properly, double, i.e. Second; also adverbially, again.">of the second</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: la·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">month</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: lə·ṣê·ṯām (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">after they had left</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: mê·’e·reṣ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·rā·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">the whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/5712.htm" title="5712: ‘ă·ḏaṯ (N-fsc) -- Congregation. Feminine of ed in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage.">congregation</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/5265.htm" title="5265: way·yis·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To pull out or up, set out, journey. A primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. Start on a journey.">set out</a> <a href="/hebrew/362.htm" title="362: mê·’ê·lim (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- Terebinths, a place in the desert. Plural of 'ayil; palm-trees; Elim, a place in the Desert.">from Elim</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and came</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: miḏ·bar- (N-msc) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">the Desert</a> <a href="/hebrew/5512.htm" title="5512: sîn (N-proper-fs) -- Eastern frontier city of Egypt. Of uncertain derivation; Sin the name of an Egyptian town and desert adjoining.">of Sin,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bên- (Prep) -- An interval, space between. ">is between</a> <a href="/hebrew/362.htm" title="362: ’ê·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Terebinths, a place in the desert. Plural of 'ayil; palm-trees; Elim, a place in the Desert.">Elim</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: ū·ḇên (Conj-w:: Prep) -- An interval, space between. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5514.htm" title="5514: sî·nāy (N-proper-fs) -- The mountain where the law was given. Of uncertain derivation; Sinai, mountain of Arabia.">and Sinai.</a> 2And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/numbers/33-10.htm">Numbers 33:10-11</a> They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea. / They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin. <a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">Numbers 11:4-9</a> Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat? / We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. / But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!” ... <a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Deuteronomy 8:2-3</a> Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments. / He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. <a href="/psalms/78-24.htm">Psalm 78:24-25</a> He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. / Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance. <a href="/psalms/105-40.htm">Psalm 105:40</a> They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. <a href="/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15</a> In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them. <a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-35</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” / Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ... <a href="/john/6-49.htm">John 6:49-51</a> Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. / This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. / I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.” <a href="/1_corinthians/10-3.htm">1 Corinthians 10:3-4</a> They all ate the same spiritual food / and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. <a href="/hebrews/9-4.htm">Hebrews 9:4</a> containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. <a href="/revelation/2-17.htm">Revelation 2:17</a> He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it. <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Exodus 12:37</a> The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children. <a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1</a> Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. <a href="/numbers/21-5.htm">Numbers 21:5</a> and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!” <a href="/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Deuteronomy 29:5</a> For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.A.<a href="/exodus/15-27.htm">Exodus 15:27</a> And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.<a href="/numbers/33-10.htm">Numbers 33:10-12</a> And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea… Sin.<a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1</a> And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.<a href="/numbers/33-12.htm">Numbers 33:12</a> And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.<a href="/ezekiel/30-15.htm">Ezekiel 30:15,16</a> And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/15-19.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/12-47.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/genesis/35-18.htm">Departing</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-15.htm">Departure</a> <a href="/exodus/15-9.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/15-27.htm">Elim</a> <a href="/luke/3-2.htm">Fifteenth</a> <a href="/exodus/15-22.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/15-22.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Month</a> <a href="/exodus/4-8.htm">Second</a> <a href="/exodus/10-17.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/galatians/4-25.htm">Sinai</a> <a href="/exodus/15-22.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/16-2.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/16-2.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/psalms/73-27.htm">Departing</a> <a href="/exodus/19-1.htm">Departure</a> <a href="/exodus/16-3.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/numbers/33-9.htm">Elim</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-34.htm">Fifteenth</a> <a href="/exodus/16-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/exodus/19-1.htm">Month</a> <a href="/exodus/16-22.htm">Second</a> <a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/exodus/19-1.htm">Sinai</a> <a href="/exodus/16-2.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 16</div>1. <a href="/exodus/16-1.htm">The Israelites come to Sin, and murmur for want of bread</a> 4. <a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">God promises them bread and meat from heaven, and they are rebuked</a> 13. <a href="/exodus/16-13.htm">Quail and manna are sent</a> 16. <a href="/exodus/16-16.htm">The ordering of manna</a> 25. <a href="/exodus/16-25.htm">It was not to be found on the Sabbath</a> 32. <a href="/exodus/16-32.htm">An omer of it is preserved</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>On the fifteenth day of the second month This timing indicates that the Israelites had been traveling for about a month since their departure from Egypt, which occurred on the fifteenth day of the first month (<a href="/exodus/12-18.htm">Exodus 12:18</a>). This period marks a significant transition from the initial excitement of liberation to the challenges of wilderness life. The second month, Iyar, is a time of testing and reliance on God for provision.after they had left the land of Egypt The departure from Egypt is a pivotal event in Israelite history, symbolizing liberation from bondage and the beginning of a covenant relationship with God. This exodus is frequently referenced throughout Scripture as a demonstration of God's power and faithfulness (<a href="/deuteronomy/5-15.htm">Deuteronomy 5:15</a>, <a href="/psalms/136-11.htm">Psalm 136:11-12</a>). It prefigures the spiritual deliverance found in Christ (<a href="/1_corinthians/10.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-4</a>).the whole congregation of Israel This phrase emphasizes the unity and collective experience of the Israelites. The term "congregation" (Hebrew: 'edah) suggests a gathered assembly, highlighting their identity as God's chosen people. This communal aspect is crucial as they journey together, facing trials and learning to trust in God's provision.set out from Elim Elim was an oasis with twelve springs and seventy palm trees (<a href="/exodus/15-27.htm">Exodus 15:27</a>), providing a temporary respite and refreshment after the bitter waters of Marah. It represents a place of divine provision and rest, yet it was not their final destination. The journey from Elim signifies moving from comfort to the unknown, requiring faith and dependence on God.and came to the Desert of Sin The Desert of Sin is a geographical region located between Elim and Mount Sinai. The name "Sin" is not related to the English word for wrongdoing but is likely derived from a Semitic root. This wilderness setting is significant as it becomes a place of testing and divine instruction, where God provides manna and quail (<a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4-15</a>).which is between Elim and Sinai This location situates the Israelites on their way to Mount Sinai, where they will receive the Law and enter into a covenant with God. The journey from Elim to Sinai is symbolic of spiritual progression, moving from initial deliverance to deeper revelation and commitment. Sinai represents the culmination of God's promises and the establishment of His covenant with Israel (<a href="/exodus/19.htm">Exodus 19:1-6</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_congregation_of_israel.htm">The Congregation of Israel</a> This refers to the entire assembly of the Israelites who had been delivered from slavery in Egypt. They are on a journey to the Promised Land, led by Moses under God's guidance. 2. <a href="/topical/e/elim.htm">Elim</a> A place where the Israelites camped before entering the Wilderness of Sin. It was known for its twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, providing a temporary oasis for the Israelites. 3. <a href="/topical/w/wilderness_of_sin.htm">Wilderness of Sin</a> A desert region between Elim and Sinai. The name "Sin" is not related to the English word for wrongdoing but is likely derived from a Semitic root meaning "clay" or "mud." 4. <a href="/topical/s/sinai.htm">Sinai</a> The mountain where God would later give the Ten Commandments to Moses. It represents a significant place of divine revelation and covenant. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_fifteenth_day_of_the_second_month.htm">The Fifteenth Day of the Second Month</a> This marks a specific time in the Israelites' journey, approximately one month after their departure from Egypt, highlighting the ongoing nature of their reliance on God for sustenance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a> The Israelites' journey through the wilderness is a powerful reminder of our need to rely on God for daily provision and guidance. Just as they depended on God for manna, we are called to trust Him for our needs. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_journey.htm">Spiritual Journey</a> The physical journey of the Israelites mirrors our spiritual journey. We, too, are on a path from bondage (sin) to freedom (salvation), and we must remain faithful and obedient to God's leading. <a href="/topical/g/god's_timing.htm">God's Timing</a> The specific mention of the "fifteenth day of the second month" underscores God's perfect timing in His plans. We are encouraged to trust His timing in our lives, even when the path seems uncertain. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_unity.htm">Community and Unity</a> The "whole congregation of Israel" moved together, highlighting the importance of community and unity among believers. We are called to support and encourage one another in our faith journeys. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_revelation.htm">Preparation for Revelation</a> The journey to Sinai, where the Israelites would receive the Law, reminds us that God often prepares us through trials and testing for greater revelations and responsibilities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 16</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_wilderness_of_sin.htm">What is the Wilderness of Sin in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_nature_of_manna.htm">What is the nature of manna?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_numbers_2_camp_survive_sinai.htm">How could a vast encampment described in Numbers 2 feasibly survive in the Sinai Desert with limited resources?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_science_explain_manna_as_'bread'.htm">How can Psalm 78:24's mention of manna as 'bread from heaven' be reconciled with scientific or archaeological data?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XVI.THE JOURNEY FROM ELIM.--THE MANNA GIVEN.(1) They took their journey from Elim. The stay at Elim was probably for some days. "Sin" was reached exactly one month after the departure from Egypt, yet there had been only five camping-places between Sin and Rameses, and one journey of three days through a wilderness (<a href="/exodus/15-22.htm" title="So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.">Exodus 15:22</a>). Long rests are thus clearly indicated, and probably occurred at Ayun Musa, at Marah, and at Elim. The places named were the head-quarters of the camp on each occasion, but the entire host must have always covered a vast tract, and the flocks and herds must have been driven into all the neighbouring valleys where there was pasture. Wadys Useit, Ethal, and Tayibeh are likely to have been occupied at the same time with Wady Ghurundel.All the congregation . . . came unto the wilderness of Sin.--"All the congregation" could only be united in certain favourable positions, where there happened to be a large open space. Such an open space is offered by the tract now called El Markha, which extends from north to south a distance of twenty miles, and is from three to four miles wide in its more northern half. To reach this tract, the Israelites must have descended by Wady Useit or Wady Tayibeh to the coast near Ras Abu Zenimeh, and have then continued along the coast until they crossed the twenty-ninth parallel. This line of march is indicated in <a href="/context/numbers/33-10.htm" title="And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.">Numbers 33:10-11</a>, where we are told that "they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea; and they removed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 1-3. - THE FIRST MURMURING FOR FOOD. From Elim, or the fertile tract extending from Wady Ghurnndel to Wady Tayibeh, the Israelites, after a time, removed, and ca-camped (as we learn from <a href="/numbers/33-10.htm">Numbers 33:10</a>) by the Red Sea, probably along the narrow coast tract extending from the mouth of Tayibeh to the entrance upon the broad plain of El Markha. Hence they entered upon "the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai" - a tract identified by some with the coast plain, El Markha, by others with the inland undulating region known at the present day as the Debbet-er-Ramleh It is difficult to decide between these two views. In favour of El Markha are: 1. The fact that the Egyptian settlements in the Sinaitic peninsula would thus be avoided, as they seem to have been, since no contest with Egyptians is recorded; 2. The descent of the quails, who, wearied with a long flight over the Red Sea, would naturally settle as soon as they reached the shore; 3. The greater openness and facility of the El Markha and Wady Feiran route, which is admitted by all; and . . . <a href="/commentaries/exodus/16-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>On the fifteenth בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה (ba·ḥă·miš·šāh) Preposition-b, Article | Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> Five day יוֹם֙ (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day of the second הַשֵּׁנִ֔י (haš·šê·nî) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8145.htm">Strong's 8145: </a> Second (an ordinal number) month לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ (la·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> The new moon, a month after they had left לְצֵאתָ֖ם (lə·ṣê·ṯām) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim the land מֵאֶ֥רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Egypt, מִצְרָֽיִם׃ (miṣ·rā·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa the whole כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every congregation עֲדַ֤ת (‘ă·ḏaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5712.htm">Strong's 5712: </a> A stated assemblage of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc set out וַיִּסְעוּ֙ (way·yis·‘ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5265.htm">Strong's 5265: </a> To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey from Elim מֵֽאֵילִ֔ם (mê·’ê·lim) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_362.htm">Strong's 362: </a> Elim -- 'terebinths', a place in the desert and came וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the Desert מִדְבַּר־ (miḏ·bar-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> A pasture, a desert, speech of Sin, סִ֔ין (sîn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5512.htm">Strong's 5512: </a> Eastern frontier city of Egypt which אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that is between בֵּין־ (bên-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> An interval, space between Elim אֵילִ֖ם (’ê·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_362.htm">Strong's 362: </a> Elim -- 'terebinths', a place in the desert and Sinai. סִינָ֑י (sî·nāy) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5514.htm">Strong's 5514: </a> Sinai -- the mountain where the law was given <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/16-1.htm">Exodus 16:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/16-1.htm">Exodus 16:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/16-1.htm">Exodus 16:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/16-1.htm">Exodus 16:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/16-1.htm">Exodus 16:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/16-1.htm">Exodus 16:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/16-1.htm">Exodus 16:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/16-1.htm">Exodus 16:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/16-1.htm">Exodus 16:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/16-1.htm">Exodus 16:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/16-1.htm">OT Law: Exodus 16:1 They took their journey from Elim (Exo. 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