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.
27 And they came H935 to Elim, H362 where were twelve H8147 H6240 wells H5869 of water, H4325 and threescore and ten H7657 palm trees: H8558 and they encamped H2583 there by the waters. H4325
27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
27 And they come to Elim, and there `are' twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamp there by the waters.
27 And they came to Elim; and twelve springs of water were there, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the waters.
27 They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
27 And they came to Elim where there were twelve water-springs and seventy palm-trees: and they put up their tents there by the waters.
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Commentary on Exodus 15 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 15
In this chapter,
Exd 15:1-21
Having read how that complete victory of Israel over the Egyptians was obtained, here we are told how it was celebrated; those that were to hold their peace while the deliverance was in working (ch. 14:14) must not hold their peace now that it was wrought; the less they had to do then the more they had to do now. If God accomplishes deliverance by his own immediate power, it redounds so much the more to his glory. Moses, no doubt by divine inspiration, indited this song, and delivered it to the children of Israel, to be sung before they stirred from the place where they saw the Egyptians dead upon the shore. Observe,
Exd 15:22-27
It should seem, it was with some difficulty that Moses prevailed with Israel to leave that triumphant shore on which they sang the foregoing song. They were so taken up with the sight, or with the song, or with the spoiling of the dead bodies, that they cared not to go forward, but Moses with much ado brought them from the Red Sea into a wilderness. The pleasures of our way to Canaan must not retard our progress, but quicken it, though we have a wilderness before us. Now here we are told,