Then they came to Elim, ¹  where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the water.

biblegateway Exo 15:27

Then they came to Elim where there were twelve springs of water and seventy date palms, and they camped there beside the waters.

Then they came to Elim, where there were 12 springs of water and 70 date palms, and they camped there by the waters.

Next, they went to Elim, where there were 12 springs and 70 palm trees. They camped there by the water.

biblegateway Exo 15:27

Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water.

Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the water.

bibleoremus Exo 15:27

Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they camped there by the water.

They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and there they encamped beside the water.

biblegateway Exo 15:27

Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters.

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

biblegateway Exo 15:27

Then they came to Elim, ¹  where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the water.

¹ sn Judging from the way the story is told they were not far from the oasis. But God had other plans for them, to see if they would trust him wholeheartedly and obey. They did not do very well this first time, and they will have to learn how to obey. The lesson is clear: God uses adversity to test his people’s loyalty. The response to adversity must be prayer to God, for he can turn the bitter into the sweet, the bad into the good, and the prospect of death into life.