They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees. They encamped there by the waters.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 27. Elim, to the north-west of Sinai. Shaw says there are now only nine fountains. Bible.—Strabo mentions a place of this description, five days’ journey from Jericho, which was consecrated to the gods. B. xvi. p. 511. Calmet.—We might here, (at the conclusion of the third age, according to those who call the deluge the first, and Abraham’s call, the second,) pause, with Dr. Worthington, to take a view of the progress of the Church, and of the true doctrine, which has at all times been believed. But the attentive reader of the sacred text, and of these notes, will find this to his hand almost every page. Meditate upon these things … Take heed to thyself and to doctrine, be earnest in them. 1 Timothy 4:15. The holy Job probably lived about this time, so that his book may serve to corroborate those truths, which were the objects of faith to some good men living among the Gentiles, as well as to the more favoured nation of the Jews. Bible.