Numbers 33:9

Numbers 33:10 →

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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Interpretation

This is a brief review of the travels of the children of Israel through the wilderness. It is a memorable history.

Read with

This thought runs through Numbers 33:6-10.

Numbers 33:6 Numbers 33:7 Numbers 33:8 Numbers 33:9 Numbers 33:10

Glossary

Marah Place: Bitterness, a fountain at the sixth station of the Israelites ( Ex. 15:23 , 24; Num. 33:8 ) whose waters were so bitter that they could not drink them. Modern identification: Ain Hawarah.
Elim Place: Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Wadi Gharandal.