Numbers 33:10

Numbers 33:10

And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.

a. NLT: They left Elim and camped beside the Red Sea. [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

b. ASV: And they journeyed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea. [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. YLT: And they journey from Elim, and encamp by the Red Sea. [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

d. Classic Amplified: They set out from Elim and encamped by the Red Sea. [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

e. Septuagint: And they departed from Aelim, and encamped by the Red Sea.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/ Writings: They journeyed from Elim and encamped by the Sea of Reeds. [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE TANACH--STUDENT SIZE EDITION Copyright 1996, 1998 by Mesorah Publications, Ldt.]

1. “And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.”

a. [And they] removed [Strong: 5265 naca` naw-sah' a primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey:--cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), X still, be on his (go their) way.]

b. [from] Elim [Strong: 362 'Eylim ay-leem' plural of 352; palm-trees; Elim, a place in the Desert:--Elim.]

c. [and] encamped [Strong: 2583 chânâh, khaw-naw'; a primitive root (compare H2603); properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege):—abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.] [The KJV translates Strong's H2583 in the following manner: pitch (78x), encamp (47x), camp (4x), pitch ... tent (4x), abide (3x), dwelt (2x), lie (2x), rested (2x), grows to an end (1x).]

d. by [Strong: 5921 `al al properly, the same as 5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications (as follow):--above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, X as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, X both and, by (reason of), X had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-)on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, X with.]

e. [the] Red [Strong: 5488 cuwph soof probably of Egyptian origin; a reed, especially the papyrus:--flag, Red (sea), weed.]

f. Sea [Strong: 3220 yam yawm from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south:--sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).]

 1). It appears that the material in the whole chapter of Exodus 16:1-36, all took place in the wilderness of Sin between Elim and Sinai at this location. A casual look at Exodus 16 and 17 makes it appear they went from here by the Red Sea to Rephidim, but looking at Numbers 33, they moved here to the Wilderness of Sin (Numbers 33:11), from the Wilderness of Sin to Dophkah (Numbers 33:12), then from Dophkah to Alush (Numbers 33:13), and from Alush to Rephidim (numbers 33:14, moving four times between here by the Red Sea and Rephidim.

a).  Numbers 33:11-14 And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

33:12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.

33:13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.

33:14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.