Numbers 33:10

⁹They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there. ¹⁰They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

Summary

Numbers 33:10 recounts the Israelites' journey from Elim to the Red Sea, highlighting the specific locations they passed through in the wilderness. This verse serves as a historical record of the Israelites' travels as they followed God's guidance towards the Promised Land. It demonstrates God's faithfulness in leading His people step by step, even through challenging terrains and circumstances. The mention of the Red Sea alludes to the miraculous crossing in Exodus, reminding the Israelites of God's mighty deliverance and power. Overall, Numbers 33:10 showcases the importance of remembering God's past provisions and guidance as we journey through life.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Encamped by the Red Sea - It is difficult to assign the place of this encampment, as the Israelites were now on their way to Mount Sinai, which lay considerably to the east of Elim, and consequently farther from the sea than the former station. It might be called by the Red Sea, as the Israelites had it, as the principal object, still in view. This station however is mentioned nowhere else. By the Red Sea we are not to understand a sea, the waters of which are red, or the sand red, or any thing else about or in it red; for nothing of this kind appears. It is called in Hebrew ים סוף yam suph, which signifies the weedy sea. The Septuagint rendered the original by θαλασσα εραθρα, and the Vulgate after it by mare rubrum, and the European versions followed these, and, in opposition to etymology and reason, translated it the Red Sea. See the note on Exo 10:19. Stat. 7.

Numbers 33:10

Forty-Two Journeys of the Israelites

⁹They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there. ¹⁰They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.