Healing of the Water

¹⁹ The people of the city said to Elisha, “Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive.”

² All these blessings will come on you^(A) and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:

²⁶ and none will miscarry or be barren^(A) in your land. I will give you a full life span.^(B)

¹¹ The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock^(A) and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.^(B)

Curses for Disobedience

¹⁵ However, if you do not obey^(A) the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today,^(B) all these curses will come on you and overtake you:^(C)

¹¹ and he said to Moses, “Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed.^(A)

²³ When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.^[a](A))

¹⁹ The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff^(A) and stretch out your hand^(B) over the waters of Egypt—over the streams and canals, over the ponds and all the reservoirs—and they will turn to blood.’ Blood will be everywhere in Egypt, even in vessels^[a] of wood and stone.”

³⁴ In Ahab’s time, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of his firstborn son Abiram, and he set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, in accordance with the word of the Lord spoken by Joshua son of Nun.^(A)