Parallel Verses New International Version They left Elim and camped by the Red Sea. King James Bible And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. Darby Bible Translation And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. World English Bible They traveled from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea. Young's Literal Translation and they journey from Elim, and encamp by the Red Sea. Numbers 33:10 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleEncamped by the Red Sea - It is difficult to assign the place of this encampment, as the Israelites were now on their way to Mount Sinai, which lay considerably to the east of Elim, and consequently farther from the sea than the former station. It might be called by the Red Sea, as the Israelites had it, as the principal object, still in view. This station however is mentioned nowhere else. By the Red Sea we are not to understand a sea, the waters of which are red, or the sand red, or any thing else about or in it red; for nothing of this kind appears. It is called in Hebrew ים סוף yam suph, which signifies the weedy sea. The Septuagint rendered the original by θαλασσα εραθρα, and the Vulgate after it by mare rubrum, and the European versions followed these, and, in opposition to etymology and reason, translated it the Red Sea. See the note on Exodus 10:19. Stat. 7. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Elim Library Some Miscellaneous Matters Belonging to the Country About Jericho. Let us begin from the last encampings of Israel beyond Jordan. Numbers 33:49: "They encamped near Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth unto Abel-shittim."--"From Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim were twelve miles." It is a most received opinion among the Jews, that the tents of the Israelites in the wilderness contained a square of twelve miles. So the Targum of Jonathan, upon Number 2:2; "The encamping of Israel was twelve miles in length, and twelve miles in breadth." And the Gemarists say, "It is forbidden … John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners: Cross References Exodus 16:1 The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt. Numbers 33:9 They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there. Numbers 33:11 They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin. Jump to Previous Camped Elim Encamp Encamped Journey Journeyed Pitched Red Removed Sea TentsJump to Next Camped Elim Encamp Encamped Journey Journeyed Pitched Red Removed Sea TentsLinks Numbers 33:10 NIVNumbers 33:10 NLT Numbers 33:10 ESV Numbers 33:10 NASB Numbers 33:10 KJV Numbers 33:10 Bible Apps Numbers 33:10 Biblia Paralela Numbers 33:10 Chinese Bible Numbers 33:10 French Bible Numbers 33:10 German Bible Numbers 33:10 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |