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Elim (Hebrew: אֵילִם, romanized: ʾĒlīm), according to the Hebrew Bible, was one of the places where the Israelites camped following the Exodus from Egypt. It is referred to in Exodus 15:27 and Numbers 33:9 as a place where "there were twelve wells of water and seventy date palms," and that the Israelites "camped there near the waters".
Rehoboth (Hebrew רְחוֹבוֹת Reḥovot, "broad place") is the name of three places in the Bible. In Genesis 26:22 , It signifies vacant land in the Land of Canaan where Isaac is permitted to dig a well without being ousted by the Philistines.
Attempting to locate many of the stations of the Israelite Exodus is a difficult task, if not infeasible. Though most scholars concede that the narrative of the Exodus may have a historical basis, [9] [10] [11] the event in question would have borne little resemblance to the mass-emigration and subsequent forty years of desert nomadism described in the biblical account.
Reading 5: Exodus 14:9–14 Reading 6: Exodus 14:15–25 Reading 7: Exodus 14:26–15:26 Maftir: Numbers 28:19–25 Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1–51 The eighth day of Passover (which occurs in the Diaspora only) can occur on a weekday or Shabbat. When it occurs on a weekday, Deuteronomy 15:19–16:17 is read, which describes journeying to the Beit ...
Location map showing Israel and its neighboring countries This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Greater Israel ( Hebrew : ארץ ישראל השלמה , Eretz Yisrael Hashlema ) is an expression with several different biblical and political meanings over time.
Marah (Hebrew: מָרָה meaning 'bitter') is one of the locations which the Exodus identifies as having been travelled through by the Israelites, during the Exodus. [1] [2] The liberated Israelites set out on their journey in the desert, somewhere in the Sinai Peninsula. It becomes clear that they are not spiritually free.
The Pentateuch or Torah (the Greek and Hebrew terms, respectively, for the Bible's books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) describe the prehistory of the Israelites from the creation of the world, through the earliest biblical patriarchs and their wanderings, to the Exodus from Egypt and the encounter with God in the wilderness.
Elath is first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in the Book of Exodus. The first six Stations of the Exodus are in Egypt. The seventh is Crossing the Red Sea and the 9th–13th are in and around Elath. Station twelve refers to a dozen campsites in and around Timna in the state of Israel near Eilat. [citation needed]