The Exodus, Came unto Elim


From Marah, Came unto Elim

(Num 33:9 KJV )  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. 

 

(Exo 15:27 KJV )  And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, {or springs} and threescore and ten palm trees: {or date palms} and they encamped there by the waters.

Elim   =    palms

IVP Bible Background Commentary

Elim oasis. The oasis at Elim with twelve springs and seventy palm trees is often identified as Wadi Gharandal, about sixty miles down the coast of the Gulf of Suez . It features tamarisks (elim) as well as palms and springs. It remains a major resting place for modern Bedouin. Closer to Marah is the site of Ayun Musa, just a few miles south of the tip of the Gulf of Suez . Besides having the appropriate groves of tamarisks and palms, it also features twelve springs and is probably to be preferred.

AIN MUSA (Jewish Encyclopedia) 

A small oasis, about seven or eight miles southwest of Suez , Egypt . It is about 250 acres in extent, with luxuriant gardens and groups of palms and tamarisks. The water of some of its springs is undrinkable, while that of others has only traces of salt, so that the popular identification of it with Marah (Ex. xv. 23) is not very plausible. Modern scholars have, more frequently, connected Ain Musa with Elim (Ex. xv. 27).

Wikipedia 

Elim is described as being between Marah and the Wilderness of Sin, near the eastern shore of the Red Sea . It was possibly south of the Israelites' crossing point, and west of the Sin Wilderness. Thus, Elim is generally thought to have been located in Wadi Gharandel, an oasis 100 km southeast of Suez .