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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Elim
After the bitter water at Marah, Israel came to Elim, with twelve springs and seventy palm trees. It is commonly placed at Wadi Gharandal, an oasis on Sinai's western coast road that still grows palms.
After the bitter water at Marah, Israel came to Elim, with twelve springs and seventy palm trees. It is commonly placed at Wadi Gharandal, an oasis on Sinai's western coast road that still grows palms.
Second wilderness campsite reached by Israel after crossing the Red Sea, prized for its twelve springs and seventy palm trees, a welcome contrast to the bitter water they had just left behind at Marah (Exod. 15:27; 16:1; Num. 33:9-10). It is commonly identified with Wadi Gharandal, an oasis on the Sinai peninsula's western coastal route that still supports palm groves.
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- Exodus 16:1
- Numbers 33:9
- Numbers 33:10
