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[9]
And now removing from thence they came to Elim; which place looked
well at a distance, for there was a grove of palm-trees; but when they
came near to it, it appeared to be a bad place, for the palm-trees were
no more than seventy; and they were ill-grown and creeping trees, by the
want of water, for the country about was all parched, and no moisture sufficient
to water them, and make them hopeful and useful, was derived to them from
the fountains, which were in number twelve: they were rather a few moist
places than springs, which not breaking out of the ground, nor running
over, could not sufficiently water the trees. And when they dug into the
sand, they met with no water; and if they took a few drops of it into their
hands, they found it to be useless, on account of its mud. The trees were
too weak to bear fruit, for want of being sufficiently cherished and enlivened
by the water. So they laid the blame on their conductor, and made heavy
complaints against him; and said that this their miserable state, and the
experience they had of adversity, were owing to him; for that they had
then journeyed an entire thirty days, and had spent all the provisions
they had brought with them; and meeting with no relief, they were in a
very desponding condition. And by fixing their attention upon nothing but
their present misfortunes, they were hindered from remembering what deliverances
they had received from God, and those by the virtue and wisdom of Moses
also; so they were very angry at their conductor, and were zealous in their
attempt to stone him, as the direct occasion of their present miseries.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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