King James Version
Numbers 33:10 in the King James Version says “And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 33 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.”
Numbers 33:10 · KJV
And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
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“And they removed”
H5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey
“and encamped”
H2583properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or s
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“sea”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
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