KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
WEB World English Bible
They traveled from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there.
ASV American Standard Version
And they journeyed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they journey from Marah, and come in to Elim, and in Elim are twelve fountains of waters, and seventy palm trees, and they encamp there;
Surrounding context — Numbers 33
6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which [is] in the edge of the wilderness.
7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which [is] before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
8 And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
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.
10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
11 And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּסְעוּ֙H5265 · na.sato set outמִמָּרָ֔הH4785 · ma.rahMarahוַיָּבֹ֖אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeאֵילִ֑מָהH362 · e.limElimוּ֠בְאֵילִםH362 · e.limElimשְׁתֵּ֣יםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoעֶשְׂרֵ֞הH6240 · a.sartenעֵינֹ֥תH5869 · a.yineyeמַ֛יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterוְשִׁבְעִ֥יםH7657 · shiv.imseventyתְּמָרִ֖יםH8558 · ta.marpalmוַיַּחֲנוּ־H2583 · cha.nahto campשָֽׁם׃H8033 · shamthere
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