Exodus Chapter 15 verse 27 Holy Bible

ASV Exodus 15:27

And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
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BBE Exodus 15:27

And they came to Elim where there were twelve water-springs and seventy palm-trees: and they put up their tents there by the waters.
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DARBY Exodus 15:27

And they came to Elim; and twelve springs of water were there, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the waters.
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KJV Exodus 15:27

And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
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WBT Exodus 15:27

And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and seventy palm-trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
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WEB Exodus 15:27

They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
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YLT Exodus 15:27

And they come to Elim, and there `are' twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamp there by the waters.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 27. - They came to Elim. 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 Twelve wells. 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 (ibid.), which later becomes a small brook (Burckhardt, Syria, 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. Three score and ten palm trees. 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, Sinai and Palestine, p. 68). There are a considerable number in the Wady Ghurundel, and others in the Wady Tayibeh (ib, p. 69). They encamped there. 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

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(27) Elim--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: Sinai and Palestine, 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: Description de l'Arabie, p. 347.)They encamped there.--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.