Numbers 33:9
7 They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.
8 They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.
They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
10 They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
11 They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.
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- BSB
- They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- They traveled from Marah, and came to Elim. In Elim, there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And they removed from Marah, and came to Elim; and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm-trees, and they encamped there.
- BLB
- And they set out from Marah and came to Elim, and at Elim [were] twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they camped there.
- ÅB
- Og de dro fra Mara og kom til Elim. I Elim var det tolv vannkilder og sytti palmetrær, og de leiret seg der.
- OTB
- De reiste fra Mara og kom til Elim, hvor det var tolv kilder og sytti palmetrær, og de slo leir der.
- B1930
- Og de drog fra Mara og kom til Elim. I Elim var det tolv vannkilder og sytti palmetrær, og de leiret sig der.
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Cross references
Exodus 15:27
Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.
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