Exodus 15:27
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And the children of Israel came into Elim, where there were twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped by the waters.

Elim.

30 from Corondel, which he conjectures to be Marah, where there is a small rill, which is brackish. He found but nine of the wells, the other three being filled up with sand; but the

70 palm trees had increased into more than

2000

Numbers 33:9 And departing from Mara, they came into Elim, where there were twelve fountains of waters, and seventy palm trees: and there they camped.

Isaiah 12:3 Thou shall draw waters with joy out of the saviour's fountains:

Ezekiel 47:12 And by the torrent on the banks thereof on both sides shall grow all trees that bear fruit: their leaf shall not fall off, and their fruit shall not fail: every month shall they bring forth firstfruits, because the waters thereof shall issue out of the sanctuary: and the fruits thereof shall be for food, and the leaves thereof for medicine.

Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb, which is in the midst of the throne, shall rule them and shall lead them to the fountains of the waters of life: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Revelation 22:2 In the midst of the street thereof, and on both sides of the river, was the tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruits every month: the leaves of the tree for the healing of the nations.

Context
The Waters of Marah
26Saying: If thou wilt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and do what is right before him, and obey his commandments, and keep all his precepts, none of the evils that I laid upon Egypt, will I bring upon thee: for I am the Lord thy healer. 27And the children of Israel came into Elim, where there were twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped by the waters.
Cross References
Numbers 33:9
And departing from Mara, they came into Elim, where there were twelve fountains of waters, and seventy palm trees: and there they camped.

Exodus 16:1
And they set forward from Elim, and all the multitude of the children of Israel came into the desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai: the fifteenth day of the second month, after they came out of the land of Egypt.

Lexicon
Then they came
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to Elim,
אֵילִ֔מָה (’ê·li·māh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 362: Elim -- 'terebinths', a place in the desert

where
וְשָׁ֗ם (wə·šām)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

there were twelve
שְׁתֵּ֥ים (šə·têm)
Number - fd
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

springs
עֵינֹ֥ת (‘ê·nōṯ)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

of water
מַ֖יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

and seventy
וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים (wə·šiḇ·‘îm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7657: Seventy (a cardinal number)

palm trees,
תְּמָרִ֑ים (tə·mā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8558: Palm tree, date palm

and they camped
וַיַּחֲנוּ־ (way·ya·ḥă·nū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2583: To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp

there
שָׁ֖ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

by
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the waters.
הַמָּֽיִם׃ (ham·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen


Additional Translations
Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and three score and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

And they came to Aelim, and there were there twelve fountains of water, and seventy stems of palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters.

And they came to Elim; and twelve springs of water were there, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the waters.

And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and seventy palm-trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

And they come to Elim, and there are twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamp there by the waters.
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