Exodus 15:22-27
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh Sweetens the Water
22 (A)Then Moses [a]had Israel set out from the [b]Red Sea, and they went out into (B)the wilderness of (C)Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 And they came to (D)Marah, but they could not drink the waters [c]of Marah, for they were [d]bitter; therefore it was named [e]Marah. 24 So the people (E)grumbled at Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 Then he (F)cried out to Yahweh, and Yahweh showed him (G)a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet.
There He (H)set for them a statute and a judgment, and there He (I)tested them. 26 And He said, “(J)If you will earnestly listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear (K)to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, (L)I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, (M)Yahweh, am your healer.”
27 Then they came to (N)Elim where there were twelve springs of water and seventy date palms, and they camped there beside the waters.
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- Exodus 15:22 Lit caused Israel to journey
- Exodus 15:22 Lit Sea of Reeds
- Exodus 15:23 Lit from
- Exodus 15:23 Heb Marim
- Exodus 15:23 Bitterness
Exodus 15:22-27
American Standard Version
22 And Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called [a]Marah. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? 25 An he cried unto Jehovah; and Jehovah showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them; 26 and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that healeth thee. 27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
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- Exodus 15:23 That is, Bitterness.
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