Exodus 15:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Exodus 15:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 vegeta...
Exodus 15:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bitter Waters made Sweet ( Exodus 15:22-25 a J, Exodus 15:25 b E, Exodus 15:26 Rje, Exodus 15:27 J). The wilderness of Shur stretched E. of the present Suez Canal. No very plausible site for...
Exodus 15:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

were. Supply Ellipsis, " they found", instead of "were". Compare Numbers 21:16-18 . The scene at Rephidim ( Exodus 17 ) after the thirty-nine years was be-cause they expected God to provide for...
Exodus 15:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 us...
Exodus 15:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters. They came to Elim - This was in the desert of Sin, and, according...
Exodus 15:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 tw...
Exodus 15:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 R...
Exodus 15:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Exodus 15:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 t...
Exodus 15:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Marah's Waters Sweetened; Elim's Rest Exodus 15:19-27 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 pal...
Exodus 15:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Exodus 15:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Exodus 15:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Exodus 15:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 Je...
Exodus 15:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Twelve wells of water One for each tribe, and the seventy palm-trees affording a cooling shade.
Exodus 15:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 th...
Exodus 15:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Waters of Marah. B. C. 1491. 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they...
Exodus 15:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 circumstance...
Exodus 15:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Beginning of the Long March: Water Shortage Followed By Provision ( Exodus 15:22-27 ). a Moses leads Israel forward into the wilderness of Shur ( Exodus 15:22 a). b They went three days i...
Exodus 15:27 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 15:23-27 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 th...
Exodus 15:27 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 thr...
Exodus 15:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 ; Ezra...
Exodus 15:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 direct...
Exodus 15:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 t...
Exodus 15:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Wilderness of Shur
Exodus 15:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Elim. This was on the northern skirts of the desert of Sin, Numbers 33:9 Isaiah 12:3 Ezekiel 47:12 Revelation 7:17 Revelation 22:2
Exodus 15:27 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Faith as Exemplified in Moses Selections from Exodus 3:1-22 ; Exodus 6:1-30 ; Exodus 7:1-25 ; Exodus 8:1-32 ; Exodus 14:1-31 ; Exodus 15:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Children of Israe...

Exodus 15:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 15:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 15:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 15:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 15:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 15:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 15:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 15:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 15:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 15:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 15:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 15:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 15:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 15:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 15:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 15:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 15:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 15:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 15:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 15:27 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 15:27 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Exodus 15:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 15:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 15:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 15:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 15:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 15:27 - Wells of Living Water Commentary