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 26:8

26:8 The length of each ²  curtain is to be forty-five feet, and the width of each curtain is to be six feet – the same size for the eleven curtains.

Exodus 36:15

36:15 The length of one curtain was forty-five feet, and the width of one curtain was six feet – one size for all eleven curtains.

Exodus 38:15

38:15 and for the second side of the gate of the courtyard, just like the other, ³  the hangings were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases.

Exodus 39:14

39:14 The stones were for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, corresponding to the number of ⁴  their names. Each name corresponding to one of the twelve tribes was like the engravings of a seal.

[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.

[26:8]  ² tn Heb “one”

[38:15]  ³ tn Heb “from this and from this” (cf, 17:12; 25:19; 26:13; 32:15; Josh 8:22, 33; 1 Kgs 10:19-20; Ezek 45:7).

[39:14]  ⁴ tn The phrase “the number of” has been supplied.