Exodus 15:27

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.

Exodus 22:21

22:21 “You must not wrong ²  a foreigner ³  nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 36:30

36:30 So there were eight frames and their silver bases, sixteen bases, two bases under each frame.

Exodus 37:14

37:14 The rings were close to the frame to provide places for the poles to carry the table.

[15:27]  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.

[22:21]  ² tn Or “oppress.”

[22:21]  ³ tn Or “alien,” both here and in 23:9. This individual is a resident foreigner; he lives in the land but, aside from provisions such as this, might easily be without legal rights.