Bitter Waters Made Sweet

²² So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of ^(A)Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no ^(B)water. ²³ Now when they came to ^(C)Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called ^[a]Marah. ²⁴ And the people ^(D)complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” ²⁵ So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. ^(E)When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet.

There He ^(F)made a statute and an ^[b]ordinance for them, and there ^(G)He tested them, ²⁶ and said, ^(H)“If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the ^(I)diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord ^(J)who heals you.”