Numbers 33:9

9 And they went forth from Marah, and came into Elim, where (there) were twelve wells of water, and seventy palm trees; and there they setted tents (and they pitched their tents at Elim).

Numbers 33:9 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 33:9

And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim
Which was eight miles from Marah:

and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and three score and ten
palm trees, and they pitched there;
being a convenient place of water for them,

Numbers 33:9 In-Context

7 from thence they went forth, and came against Pihahiroth, which beholdeth Baalzephon, and setted tents before Migdol. (and they went forth from Etham, and turned back near Pihahiroth, east of Baalzephon, and pitched their tents near Migdol.)

8 And they went forth from Pihahiroth, and they passed through the midst of the sea into wilderness, and they went three days by the desert of Etham, and setted tents in Marah. (And they went forth from Pihahiroth, and they passed through the midst of the Red Sea to the wilderness, and went for three days in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched their tents at Marah.)

9 And they went forth from Marah, and came into Elim, where (there) were twelve wells of water, and seventy palm trees; and there they setted tents (and they pitched their tents at Elim).

10 But also they went forth from thence, and setted tents on the Red Sea. (And they went forth from Elim, and pitched their tents by the Red Sea.)

11 And they went forth from the Red Sea, and setted tents in the desert of Sin (and pitched their tents in the wilderness of Sin),