And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
And they journeyed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea.
and they journey from Elim, and encamp by the Red Sea.
And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
Numbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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They do not enter the Red Sea, since entering it once was enough. Now they camp next to the sea, so that they look at the sea and regard its waves but in no way fear its motions and assaults.
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON NUMBERS 27:11, 253patristic
And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. This encampment, is omitted in the book of Exodus, see Exo 16:1 this part or arm of the Red sea, whither they came, was six miles from Elim.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
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.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
The minute accuracy of the Scripture narrative, in corresponding so exactly with the geographical features of this region, is remarkably shown in describing the Israelites as proceeding by the only practicable route that could be taken. This plain, where they encamped, was the Desert of Sin (see on Ex 16:1).
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
The verses this one reaches2
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.
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.
The walk8
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Exodus 16:1On 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…
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They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
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.
Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.
I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the crowds of Thebes.
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Exodus 17:1Then 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.
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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…
After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.
After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
They set out from the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
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