KJV King James Version
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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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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.
WEB World English Bible
They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
ASV American Standard Version
And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they come to Elim, and there are twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamp there by the waters.
Surrounding context — Exodus 15
24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, [which] when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I [am] the LORD that healeth thee.
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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וַיָּבֹ֣אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeאֵילִ֔מָהH362 · e.limElimוְשָׁ֗םH8033 · shamthereשְׁתֵּ֥יםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoעֶשְׂרֵ֛הH6240 · a.sartenעֵינֹ֥תH5869 · a.yineyeמַ֖יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterוְשִׁבְעִ֣יםH7657 · shiv.imseventyתְּמָרִ֑יםH8558 · ta.marpalmוַיַּחֲנוּ־H2583 · cha.nahto campשָׁ֖םH8033 · shamthereעַל־H5921 · aluponהַמָּֽיִם׃H4325 · ma.yimwater
Cross-references
Revelation 22:2In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations.Revelation 7:17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.Numbers 33:9And 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.Isaiah 12:3Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.Ezekiel 47:12And 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.
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