¹⁸ Hence God turned the people to the way of the wilderness to the ^[a]Red Sea; and the sons of Israel went up ^(A)in battle array from the land of Egypt.

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.

¹⁵ He led you through ^(A)the great and fearsome wilderness, with its ^(B)fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He ^(C)brought water for you out of the rock of flint.