19 For when (A)the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, (B)the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. 20 Then (C)Miriam (D)the prophetess, the (E)sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and (F)all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. 21 And Miriam sang to them:

(G)“Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”

Bitter Water Made Sweet

22 Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of (H)Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 When they came to (I)Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.[a] 24 And the people (J)grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 And he (K)cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log,[b] and he (L)threw it into the water, and the water became sweet.

There the Lord[c] made for them a statute and a rule, and there he (M)tested them, 26 saying, (N)“If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the (O)diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, (P)your healer.”

27 Then (Q)they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the water.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 15:23 Marah means bitterness
  2. Exodus 15:25 Or tree
  3. Exodus 15:25 Hebrew he

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