Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 33:9
And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim [were] twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
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Verse 9. And came unto ELIM] A place on the skirts of the deserts of Sin, two leagues from Tor, and nearly thirty from Corondel, a large bay on the east side of the Red Sea. Dr. Shaw, when he visited this place, found but nine of the twelve wells mentioned in the text, and instead of 70 palm trees, he found upwards of 2,000. See Clarke on Ex 15:27.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
9. Elimsupposed to be WadyGhurundel (see on Ex 15:27).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim,…. Which was eight miles from Marah:
and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and three score and ten palm trees, and they pitched there; being a convenient place of water for them,
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Verses 9-15:
The text traces Israel’s journey from Marah, to their encampment at Sinai where they received the Law, Exo 15:27 to Exo 40:38. The second encampment by the Red Sea, and the stations at Dophkah and Alush are not mentioned in the Exodus account.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
9. Elim Trees. Says Dr. Ridgaway, “There are two or three streams of water running through the valley, though nothing in the shape of wells, and I counted forty-six palm trees, and did not go down far below our camp. The precision with which this spot is identified is a helpful key to the journeyings of Israel as marking an important step, and so indicating unquestionably the direction they took after leaving the Red Sea.” See Exo 15:27, note. For the route from Elim to Sinai, see Exodus xvi, Introductory.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Elim. Compare Exo 15:27; Exo 16:1.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Exo 15:27