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Verse Exodus 15:27. _THEY CAME TO ELIM_] This was in the desert of
_Sin_, and, according to Dr. Shaw, about two leagues from _Tor_, and
thirty from _Marah_ or _Corondel_.
_TWELVE WELLS OF WATER_] One...
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ELIM - The valley of Gharandel, two hours’ journey south of Huwara.
TWELVE WELLS - Read springs; the Hebrew denotes natural sources. These
springs may have been perennial when a richer vegetation clo...
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II. THE JOURNEY TOWARDS THE PROMISED LAND AND ISRAEL AT SINAI
1. The Experiences in the Wilderness
CHAPTER 15:22-27 In the Wilderness of Shur
_ 1. Marah (Exodus 15:22)_
2. Elim (Exodus 15:27)
They...
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BITTER WATERS MADE SWEET (Exodus 15:22 a J, Exodus 15:25 b E, Exodus
15:26 Rje, Exodus 15:27 J). The wilderness of Shur stretched E. of the
present
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WERE. Supply _Ellipsis, "_ they found", instead of "were". Compare
Numbers 21:16. The scene at Rephidim (Exodus 17) after the thirty-nine
years was be-cause they expected God to provide for them still...
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AND THEY CAME TO ELIM— Elim was situated upon the northern skirts of
the desert of _Sin,_ two leagues from _Tor,_ and near thirty from
_Corondel._ I saw, says Dr. Shaw, no more than nine of the _twelv...
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THE TEXT OF EXODUS
TRANSLATION
15THEN SANG MO-SES AND THE CHILDREN OF IS-RA-EL THIS SONG UNTO
JE-HO-VAH, AND SPAKE, SAYING,
I will sing unto Je-ho-vah, for he hath triumphed gloriously:
The horse an...
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_AND THEY CAME TO ELIM, WHERE WERE TWELVE WELLS OF WATER, AND
THREESCORE AND TEN PALM TREES: AND THEY ENCAMPED THERE BY THE WATERS._
Came to Elim - i:e., the trees, or palm grove; supposed by Robinso...
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ELIM] The word means 'trees.' Elim is probably the modern Wady
Ghurundel, 'where there is a good deal of vegetation, especially
stunted palms, acacias, and tamarisks, and a number of water-holes in
th...
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THE SONG OF MOSES
On the further shore of the Red Sea the Israelites celebrate their
deliverance in a magnificent hymn of praise. It consists of three
strophes or stanzas of increasing length, viz. Ex...
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EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION
THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT
EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 15
MOSES AND MIRIAM SING A SONG – VERSES 1-18
V1 Then Moses and the...
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ELIM — the next stage to Marah, where there were “twelve wells of
water, and threescore and ten palm trees” — seems to be rightly
identified with the Wady Ghurundel in which “abundant grass grows
thic...
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MARAH'S WATERS SWEETENED; ELIM'S REST
Exodus 15:19
How rapid are the transitions of life! Today the song of victory,
tomorrow the bitter wells of Marah, and the next the shadow of Elim's
palms! One m...
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It was a great and glorious song thatrose on the morning air on the
far side of the sea. A study of it will reveal it to be a song of the
King. It was a high ecstatic moment of national consciousness....
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Elim, to the north-west of Sinai. Shaw says there are now only nine
fountains. (Haydock) --- Strabo mentions a place of this description,
five days' journey from Jericho, which was consecrated to the...
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Marah dispensations will be succeeded by Elim comforts. How happy Paul
felt himself under both. Philippians 4:12. Are these wells, which were
twelve in number, typical of the tribes of Israel, and the...
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There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more
decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows
it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
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27._And they came to Elim. _Moses here relates that a more pleasant
station was granted to the people, when they were led to a
well-watered spot, even planted with palm-trees, which do not usually
gro...
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Hereupon we enter the desert. They sing (chap. 15) the song of
triumph. God has led them by His power to His holy habitation. But
they are on this journey, not in Canaan. He will lead them into the
pl...
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AND THEY CAME TO ELIM,.... On the twenty fifth of Nisan; for,
according to Aben Ezra, they stayed but one day at Marah. Elim, as a
late traveller r says, was upon the northern skirts of the desert of...
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And they came to Elim, where [were] twelve wells of water, and
threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
Ver. 27. _And they came to Elim._] The heathens slandered the Jews...
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Exo. 15:27. "And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water,
and threescore and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there by the
waters." These twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten
pal...
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_Twelve wells of water_ One for each tribe, and the seventy palm-trees
affording a cooling shade....
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1 Moses song.
22 The people want water.
23 The waters at Marah are bitter.
25 A tree sweetneth them.
27 At Elim are twelue wels, and seuentie palme trees.
1 THEN sang [NOTE: Genesis 1:20.] Moses a...
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And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and
threescore and ten palm trees; and they encamped there by the waters.
In this beautiful oasis the people had an opportunity to refresh
them...
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IN THE WILDERNESS OF SHUR...
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FIFTH SECTION
The journey through the wilderness to Sinai. Want of water. Marah.
Elim. The Wilderness of Sin. Quails. Manna. Rephidim (Massah and
Meribah). The Amalekites. Jethro and his advice, a hu...
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THE SONG OF SALVATION
(vs.1-19)
This is the first song found in scripture, and a most fitting response
to the greatness of God's victory in delivering His people. It is an
expression of joy in the Lo...
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22-27 In the wilderness of Shur the Israelites had no water. At Marah
they had water, but it was bitter; so that they could not drink it.
God can make bitter to us that from which we promise ourselve...
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PALM TREES were both pleasant for their shade, and refreshing for
their sweet fruit. Thus the Israelites are obliged and encouraged to
the obedience commanded, by being put into better circumstances t...
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This chapter opens with Israel's magnificent song of triumph on the
shore of the Red Sea, when they had seen "that great work which the
Lord did upon the Egyptians." They had seen God's salvation, and...
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Exodus 15:27 came H935 (H8799) Elim H362 twelve H8147 H6240 wells
H5869 water H4325 seventy H7657 trees...
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THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG MARCH: WATER SHORTAGE FOLLOWED BY PROVISION
(EXODUS 15:22).
a Moses leads Israel forward into the wilderness of Shur (Exodus 15:22
a).
b They went three days in the wildern...
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Exodus 15:23
From the story of Marah we learn these lessons:
I. The water was deleterious, not distasteful only. Had the people
drunk it, it would have wrought disease, but it was healed by the
obed...
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Exodus 15:1. _Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song
unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he
hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown...
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CONTENTS: The song of the redeemed.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Miriam.
CONCLUSION: Those who love God triumph in His triumphs and what is His
honor is their joy. Our first thought should be to give glo...
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Exodus 15:1. _Then sang Moses._ The Israelites sang in companies; and
the one company often answered the other. See Bishop Lowth on the
Hebrew Poetry. Also Psalms 68:25; Ecclesiastes 2:8;...
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_They came to Marah._
MARAH
I. The water was deleterious, not distasteful only. Had the people
drunk it, it would have wrought disease; but it was healed by the
obedience of Moses to God’s direction...
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EXODUS 15:22 Journey. Israel journeys from Egypt to Rephidim and
responds to difficulties like the need for water (Exodus 15:22; Exodus
17:1
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 15:27 ELIM, with its TWELVE SPRINGS and
SEVENTY PALM TREES, showed Israel that, since the Lord was leading
them, they should not complain too quickly about difficult c
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EXPOSITION
THE JOURNEY FROM THE RED SEA TO ELIM. After a stay, which cannot be
exactly measured, but which was probably one of some days, near the
point of the Eastern coast of the Gulf of Suez, at wh...
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So Moses broke forth in song. Chapter fifteen is actually the song of
Moses, of God's deliverance and victory.
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord,
and they spake, sayin...
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Elim. This was on the northern skirts of the desert of Sin, Numbers
33:9 Isaiah 12:3 Ezekiel 47:12 Revelation 7:17...
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FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES
Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...