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'''Elim''' ( |
'''Elim''' ( |]] of the the [[]] the [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]]. It is referenced in [[Exodus]] 15 and [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] 33. |
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Exodus 15.23, 16.1 and Numbers 33.9-11, inform that Elim, Thebes Red Sea port (where [[Hatshepsut]] kept her Red Sea fleet) is at the end of the Wadi Hammamaat which runs east from Thebes to the Red Sea. |
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According to Exodus and Numbers, Elim is located near the eastern shore of the [[Red Sea]]. It was possibly south of the Israelites' crossing point, and west of the [[Desert of Sin|Sin Wilderness]]. Exodus and Numbers both record that at Elim "there were twelve wells of water, and seventy date palms," and that the Israelites "camped there near the water." |
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As the last station in Egypt before crossing the Red Sea Elim is on the western shore of the [[Red Sea]] southwest of the destination, the port of Elat located at the head of the gulf of Aqaba. |
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The Book of Exodus also records that after leaving Elim, on the forty-fifth day since leaving Egypt, the Israelites headed to [[biblical Mount Sinai|Mount Sinai]] through the Sin Wilderness. |
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The Book of Exodus records that after leaving Elim, on the 15th day of the second month after leaving Egypt, the Israelites arrived off Sin. and then arrived at Dophkah and the port of Elat where the Egyptian trade with Thebes was centered <ref>Nayeem, "The pre and proto history of the Arabian Peninnsula"</ref> |
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Several ministries of mercy, Christian and otherwise, have adopted the name Elim. |
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[[Image:EXODUS FROM EGYPT.png|thumb|300px|]] |
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[[Image:EXODUS ACROSS THE RED SEA.png|thumb|800px|]] |
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===Footnotes=== |
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==Reference== |
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* {{cite encyclopedia|title=Elim|encyclopedia=The Eerdmans Bible Dictionary|year=1987|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans|id=ISBN 0-8028-2402-1}} |
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Revision as of 20:32, 19 September 2007
Elim (Hebrew: אֵילִם, ’êlim) was Thebes port in the Eighteenth dynasty of Egyptand the station of the Exodus where the Sons of Israel prepared to cross the Red Sea in order to leave Egypt. It is referenced 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 water".
Exodus 15.23, 16.1 and Numbers 33.9-11, inform that Elim, Thebes Red Sea port (where Hatshepsut kept her Red Sea fleet) is at the end of the Wadi Hammamaat which runs east from Thebes to the Red Sea.
As the last station in Egypt before crossing the Red Sea Elim is on the western shore of the Red Sea southwest of the destination, the port of Elat located at the head of the gulf of Aqaba.
The Book of Exodus records that after leaving Elim, on the 15th day of the second month after leaving Egypt, the Israelites arrived off Sin. and then arrived at Dophkah and the port of Elat where the Egyptian trade with Thebes was centered [1]
Footnotes
- ^ Nayeem, "The pre and proto history of the Arabian Peninnsula"
Reference
- "Elim". The Eerdmans Bible Dictionary. Wm. B. Eerdmans. 1987. ISBN 0-8028-2402-1.