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  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "kind": "event",
  "id": "elim",
  "era": "exodus-wilderness",
  "order": 58,
  "title": "Rest beside the springs",
  "group": "wilderness-formation",
  "date": {
    "kind": "approximate",
    "label": "c. 1446 BC · Year 1, before reaching Sinai",
    "earliest": -1446,
    "latest": -1446,
    "note": "Dated from 1 Kings 6:1, which places the Exodus 480 years before Solomon began the temple (c. 966 BC). Many scholars instead date the Exodus to about 1260 BC."
  },
  "pin": [
    32.915833,
    29.254722
  ],
  "pinConfidence": "Proposed site",
  "pinPlace": "openbible-a2410c1",
  "summary": "At Elim the travelers find twelve springs and seventy palm trees. They camp beside the water before continuing into the wilderness of Sin.",
  "context": "The springs and palms belong to Elim. Exodus 16:1–5 concerns the next stage in the wilderness of Sin; the promise of manna should not be relocated to Elim. Numbers 33 includes a sea-side camp between them.",
  "question": "How do both rest and need become part of Israel’s formation?",
  "locationNote": "Wadi Gharandal is one proposed identification of Elim. The marker represents a candidate locality.",
  "relatedNote": "Related teaching: Deuteronomy 8 reflects on provision over forty years. Its reference to manna is a wider teaching connection, not an account of Elim.",
  "passages": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 15:27",
      "range": [
        2015027,
        2015027
      ],
      "translation": "bsb",
      "url": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2015%3A27&version=BSB",
      "availability": "bundled",
      "verses": [
        {
          "book": "Exodus",
          "chapter": 15,
          "verse": 27,
          "text": "Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 33:9–11",
      "range": [
        4033009,
        4033011
      ],
      "translation": "bsb",
      "url": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%2033%3A9%E2%80%9311&version=BSB",
      "availability": "bundled",
      "verses": [
        {
          "book": "Numbers",
          "chapter": 33,
          "verse": 9,
          "text": "They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there."
        },
        {
          "book": "Numbers",
          "chapter": 33,
          "verse": 10,
          "text": "They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea."
        },
        {
          "book": "Numbers",
          "chapter": 33,
          "verse": 11,
          "text": "They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 16:1–5",
      "range": [
        2016001,
        2016005
      ],
      "translation": "bsb",
      "url": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2016%3A1%E2%80%935&version=BSB",
      "availability": "bundled",
      "verses": [
        {
          "book": "Exodus",
          "chapter": 16,
          "verse": 1,
          "text": "On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai."
        },
        {
          "book": "Exodus",
          "chapter": 16,
          "verse": 2,
          "text": "And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron."
        },
        {
          "book": "Exodus",
          "chapter": 16,
          "verse": 3,
          "text": "“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”"
        },
        {
          "book": "Exodus",
          "chapter": 16,
          "verse": 4,
          "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions."
        },
        {
          "book": "Exodus",
          "chapter": 16,
          "verse": 5,
          "text": "Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "range": [
        5008002,
        5008004
      ],
      "kind": "teaching",
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 8:2–4",
      "translation": "bsb",
      "url": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%208%3A2%E2%80%934&version=BSB"
    }
  ],
  "places": [
    {
      "id": "openbible-a2410c1",
      "name": "Elim",
      "coordinate": [
        32.915833,
        29.254722
      ],
      "kind": "City",
      "confidence": "Proposed site",
      "confidenceSource": "editorial",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "OpenBible · site identifications",
          "url": "https://www.openbible.info/geo/ancient/a2410c1/elim"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "route": [
    "openbible-ad3970d",
    "openbible-a2410c1"
  ],
  "mapPeriod": "late-bronze",
  "further": [
    {
      "label": "OpenBible · site identifications",
      "url": "https://www.openbible.info/geo/ancient/a2410c1/elim"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "editorial",
        "ref": "src/data/journey.ts"
      }
    ],
    "review": "reviewed",
    "reviewedOn": "2026-09-23"
  },
  "eraName": "Exodus & Wilderness",
  "interactiveUrl": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/?event=elim",
  "attribution": [
    "Place coordinates from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0.",
    "Teaching stops, summaries and regional extents are original editorial content of this atlas.",
    "Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. https://berean.bible/licensing.htm"
  ],
  "translation": "bsb",
  "url": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/elim/",
  "markdownUrl": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/elim/index.md",
  "jsonUrl": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/elim/index.json",
  "cautions": "Narrative order is a reading arrangement, not a proven chronology. Dates retain their stated uncertainty. An identified locality does not establish the exact venue or prove an event. Region extents and routes are illustrative, not surveyed boundaries or ancient roads. Draft material has not completed editorial review.",
  "revision": "15629bdcc9b7d725"
}