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They camped there beside the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they came to Elim, where <i>were</i> twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then they came to Elim, where there <i>were</i> twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they came to Elim where there <i>were</i> twelve springs of water and seventy date palms, and they camped there beside the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then they came to Elim where there were twelve springs of water and seventy date palms, and they camped there beside the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then they came to Elim where there <i>were</i> twelve springs of water and seventy date palms, and they camped there beside the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then they came to Elim where there <i>were</i> twelve springs of water and seventy date palms, and they camped there beside the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the children of Israel came to Elim where there were twelve springs of water and seventy date palms, and they camped there beside the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy date palms, and they camped there by the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they came to Elim, where there were 12 springs of water and 70 date palms, and they camped there by the waters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees: and they encamped there by the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Later the Israelites came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and 70 palm trees. So they camped there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Next, they went to Elim, where there were 12 springs and 70 palm trees. They camped there by the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Next they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees; there they camped by the water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then they came to Elim where there were twelve springs of water and 70 palm trees, and they camped there by the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees: and they camped there by the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and seventy palm-trees: and they encamped there by the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees. They encamped there by the waters. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they come to Elim, and there [are] twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamp there by the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they come to Elim, and there are twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamp there by the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will come to Ailam; and twelve fountains of water there, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel came into Elim, where there were twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped by the waters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then the sons of Israel arrived in Elim, where there were twelve fountains of water and seventy palm trees. And they camped next to the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they camped there by the water.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they came to Alim and there were twelve fountains of waters there and seventy palm trees, and they camped there at the waters. <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and three score and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they came to Aelim, and there were there twelve fountains of water, and seventy stems of palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/15-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=3949" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/15.htm">The Waters of Marah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.” <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><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.">Then they came</a> <a href="/hebrew/362.htm" title="362: ’ê·li·māh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- Terebinths, a place in the desert. Plural of 'ayil; palm-trees; Elim, a place in the Desert.">to Elim,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: wə·šām (Conj-w:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">where</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·têm (Number-fd) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">there were twelve</a> <a href="/hebrew/6240.htm" title="6240: ‘eś·rêh (Number-fsc) -- Ten. For eser; ten, i.e. -teen; also -teenth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nōṯ (N-cpc) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">springs</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">of water</a> <a href="/hebrew/7657.htm" title="7657: wə·šiḇ·‘îm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Seventy (a card. number). Multiple of sheba'; seventy.">and seventy</a> <a href="/hebrew/8558.htm" title="8558: tə·mā·rîm (N-mp) -- Palm tree, date palm. From an unused root meaning to be erect; a palm tree.">palm trees,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2583.htm" title="2583: way·ya·ḥă·nū- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline; by implication, to decline; specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. To encamp.">and they camped</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ham·mā·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">the waters.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-9.htm">Numbers 33:9</a></span><br />They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/23-2.htm">Psalm 23:2</a></span><br />He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/12-3.htm">Isaiah 12:3</a></span><br />With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/7-17.htm">Revelation 7:17</a></span><br />For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a></span><br />But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-18.htm">Isaiah 41:18</a></span><br />I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/47-12.htm">Ezekiel 47:12</a></span><br />Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">Revelation 22:1-2</a></span><br />Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb / down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-10.htm">Genesis 2:10</a></span><br />Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a></span><br />He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-8.htm">Jeremiah 17:8</a></span><br />He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-5.htm">1 Kings 19:5-8</a></span><br />Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” / And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again. / A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28</a></span><br />Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-38</a></span><br />On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-1.htm">Isaiah 55:1</a></span><br />“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and three score and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.</p><p class="hdg">Elim.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/33-9.htm">Numbers 33:9</a></b></br> And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim <i>were</i> twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/12-3.htm">Isaiah 12:3</a></b></br> Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/47-12.htm">Ezekiel 47:12</a></b></br> And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/14-9.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/galatians/4-2.htm">Date</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-8.htm">Elim</a> <a href="/exodus/14-2.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/exodus/14-9.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Fountains</a> <a href="/revelation/7-9.htm">Palm</a> <a href="/john/19-3.htm">Palms</a> <a href="/john/12-13.htm">Palm-Trees</a> <a href="/numbers/3-46.htm">Score</a> <a href="/exodus/1-5.htm">Seventy</a> <a href="/genesis/36-24.htm">Springs</a> <a href="/genesis/50-26.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/exodus/14-19.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/exodus/15-22.htm">Three</a> <a href="/genesis/50-3.htm">Threescore</a> <a href="/exodus/10-15.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/genesis/49-28.htm">Twelve</a> <a href="/exodus/15-25.htm">Water</a> <a href="/exodus/15-25.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/genesis/26-18.htm">Wells</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-2.htm">Date</a> <a href="/exodus/16-1.htm">Elim</a> <a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/numbers/33-9.htm">Fountains</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-15.htm">Palm</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/34-3.htm">Palms</a> <a href="/numbers/33-9.htm">Palm-Trees</a> <a href="/numbers/3-46.htm">Score</a> <a href="/exodus/24-1.htm">Seventy</a> <a href="/numbers/33-9.htm">Springs</a> <a href="/exodus/26-1.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/exodus/16-16.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/exodus/21-11.htm">Three</a> <a href="/exodus/38-25.htm">Threescore</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-23.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/exodus/24-4.htm">Twelve</a> <a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">Water</a> <a href="/exodus/17-6.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/numbers/20-17.htm">Wells</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 15</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/15-1.htm">The song of Moses, Miriam, and Israel on their deliverance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/15-22.htm">The people want water in the desert</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/15-23.htm">The waters at Marah are bitter, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/15-24.htm">they murmur, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/15-25.htm">Moses prays, and sweetens the waters by God's direction</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/15-27.htm">They encamp at Elim, where are twelve wells, and seventy palm trees</a></span><br></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'; 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It is situated between the Red Sea and Mount Sinai. The name "Elim" means "terebinths" or "trees," indicating a place of natural abundance. This stop is significant as it provided a place of rest and refreshment for the Israelites after the hardships they faced in the wilderness. The journey to Elim follows the bitter waters of Marah, where God miraculously provided sweet water, symbolizing His provision and care.<p><b>where there were twelve springs of water</b><br>The twelve springs of water at Elim can be seen as a symbol of God's provision and completeness, as the number twelve often represents completeness or the tribes of Israel in biblical numerology. This abundance of water would have been a significant relief for the Israelites, who had just experienced the scarcity of water at Marah. The springs also prefigure the living water that Jesus offers, as seen in <a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a>, where He speaks of the water that leads to eternal life.<p><b>and seventy palm trees</b><br>The seventy palm trees at Elim provide shade and sustenance, symbolizing rest and refreshment. The number seventy is often associated with the nations of the world, as seen in the Table of Nations in <a href="/genesis/10.htm">Genesis 10</a>. This could imply a foreshadowing of God's provision not only for Israel but for all nations. The palm tree is also a symbol of victory and triumph, which can be connected to the ultimate victory found in Christ.<p><b>and they camped there by the waters</b><br>Camping by the waters signifies a period of rest and rejuvenation for the Israelites. This temporary settlement allowed them to recover and prepare for the next stage of their journey. It reflects God's pattern of providing rest for His people, as seen in the Sabbath and ultimately in the rest found in Christ (<a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a>). The waters at Elim can also be seen as a type of the Holy Spirit, who refreshes and sustains believers in their spiritual journey.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/elim.htm">Elim</a></b><br>A location in the wilderness where the Israelites camped after leaving Egypt. It was a place of rest and refreshment, featuring twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were journeying from Egypt to the Promised Land. They had just experienced the miraculous crossing of the Red Sea and were in need of sustenance and rest.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness_journey.htm">Wilderness Journey</a></b><br>The broader context of the Israelites' journey through the desert, which was marked by trials, divine provision, and guidance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_in_the_wilderness.htm">God's Provision in the Wilderness</a></b><br>Elim represents God's provision and care for His people even in the midst of a harsh wilderness. Just as He provided for the Israelites, God provides for us in our times of need.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/rest_and_refreshment.htm">Rest and Refreshment</a></b><br>The twelve springs and seventy palm trees symbolize completeness and abundance. In our spiritual journey, God offers us places of rest and refreshment to renew our strength.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_numbers.htm">Symbolism of Numbers</a></b><br>The numbers twelve and seventy are significant in Scripture, often representing governance and completeness. This reminds us of God's perfect order and provision in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a></b><br>The Israelites arrived at Elim after a period of hardship. This teaches us to trust in God's timing and His plan, knowing that He will lead us to places of rest when we need them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_fellowship.htm">Community and Fellowship</a></b><br>Elim was a place where the entire community of Israel could gather and be refreshed together. This highlights the importance of community and fellowship in our spiritual journey.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 15</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_elim's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What is Elim's significance in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'sharper_than_a_sword'_mean.htm">What is Elim's significance in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/source_of_israelites'_olive_oil.htm">Exodus 27:20: Where would the Israelites consistently obtain the “pure olive oil” needed to keep the lamp burning in an arid wilderness? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">Elim</span>--the next stage to Marah, where there were "twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees"--seems to be rightly identified with the Wady Ghurundel in which "abundant grass grows thick and high," where acacias and tamarisks are plentiful, and in which, notwithstanding the ruthless denudation of the country by the Arabs, there are still a certain number of palm-trees. These are not now "seventy" in number, neither are they the ideal palm-trees of pictures, or even such as grow in the Valley of the Nile and in Upper Egypt generally. They are "either dwarf--that is, trunkless--or else with savage hairy trunks, and branches all dishevelled" (Stanley: <span class= "ital">Sinai and</span> <span class= "ital">Palestine, </span>p. 68)--specimens of the palm-tree growing under difficulties. The exact number of "twelve wells," which is mentioned in the text, cannot now be traced with any distinctness; but there is a perennial brook which supports the vegetation through the whole of the year, and in the winter-time there is a large stream which flows down to the sea through the wady.--(Niebuhr: <span class= "ital">Description de l'Arabie, </span>p. 347.)<p><span class= "bld">They encamped there.</span>--The head-quarters of the camp were at Elim (Wady Ghurundel); probably the mass of the people filled all the neighbouring wadys, as those of Useit, Ethal, and Tayibeh, or Shuweikah, which are all fertile, and have good pasturage.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They came to Elim</span>. Elim was undoubtedly some spot in the comparatively fertile tract which lies south of the "wilderness of Shur," intervening between it and the "wilderness of Sin" - now E1 Murkha. This tract contains the three fertile wadys of Ghurundel, Useit, and Tayibeh, each of which is regarded by some writers as the true Elim. It has many springs of water, abundant tamarisks, and a certain number of palm-trees. On the whole, Ghurundel seems to be accepted by the majority of well-informed writers as having the best claim to be considered the Elhn of this passage <span class="cmt_word">Twelve wells</span>. Rather "springs." The "twelve springs" have not been identified; but the Arabs are apt to conceal the sources of their water supplies (Niebuhr, Arabie, p. 347). A large stream flows down the Wady Ghurundel in the winter-time (<span class="accented">ibid.</span>), which later becomes a small brook (Burckhardt, <span class="accented">Syria</span>, p. 778), and dries up altogether in the autumn. The pasture is good at most seasons, sometimes rich and luxuriant; there are abundant tamarisks, a considerable number of acacias, and. some palms. <span class="cmt_word">Three score and ten palm trees</span>. The palm-trees of this part of Arabia are "not like those of Egypt or of pictures, but either dwarf - that is, truntdess - or else with savage hairy trunks, and branches all dishevelled" (Stanley, <span class="accented">Sinai and Palestine</span>, p. 68). There are a considerable number in the Wady Ghurundel, and others in the Wady Tayibeh (<span class="accented">ib</span>, p. 69). <span class="cmt_word">They encamped there</span>. It has been observed that the vast numbers of the host would more than fill the Wady Ghurundel, and that while the main body encamped there, others, with their cattle, probably occupied the adjacent wadys - Useit, Ethal, and even Tayibeh or Shuweikah - which all offer good pasturage <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/15-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then they came</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Elim,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵילִ֔מָה</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·li·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_362.htm">Strong's 362: </a> </span><span class="str2">Elim -- 'terebinths', a place in the desert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">where</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there were twelve</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁתֵּ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(šə·têm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - fd<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">springs</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵינֹ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·nōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of water</span><br /><span class="heb">מַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and seventy</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šiḇ·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7657.htm">Strong's 7657: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seventy (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">palm trees,</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּמָרִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(tə·mā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8558.htm">Strong's 8558: </a> </span><span class="str2">Palm tree, date palm</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they camped</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּחֲנוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·ḥă·nū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2583.htm">Strong's 2583: </a> </span><span class="str2">To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the waters.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמָּֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/15-27.htm">Exodus 15:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/15-27.htm">Exodus 15:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/15-27.htm">Exodus 15:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/15-27.htm">Exodus 15:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/15-27.htm">Exodus 15:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/15-27.htm">Exodus 15:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/15-27.htm">Exodus 15:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/15-27.htm">Exodus 15:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/15-27.htm">Exodus 15:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/15-27.htm">Exodus 15:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/15-27.htm">OT Law: Exodus 15:27 They came to Elim where there were (Exo. 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