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בשלח · Beshalach · Exodus 15:27-16:10

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Exodus 15:27

And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and three score and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters.

What's bothering Rashi?

Why does the verse bother to count the springs of water at Elim as exactly twelve?

Look closely. What seems repeated, missing, out of order, or strange?