Exodus 15:25-26

25 Then he 1cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him 2a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He 3made for them a statute and regulation, and there He 4tested them.
26 And He said, "5If you will give earnest heed to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear 6to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, 7I will put none * of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, 8the LORD, am your healer."

Exodus 15:25-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 15

This chapter contains the song of Moses, and of the children of Israel, on the banks of the Red sea; in which they celebrate their passage through it, the destruction of Pharaoh and his host in it, and the glory of the divine perfections displayed therein, interspersed with prophetic hints of things future, Ex 15:1-19 which same song was sung by the women, with Miriam at the head of them, attended with timbrels and dances, Ex 15:20,21, an account is given of the march of the children of Israel from the Red sea to the wilderness of Shur, and of the bitter waters found at Marah, which occasioned a murmuring, and of their being made sweet by casting a tree into them, Ex 15:22-25 when they were told by the Lord, that if they would yield obedience to his commandments, they should be free from the diseases the Egyptians had been afflicted with, Ex 15:26, and the chapter is concluded with their coming to Elim, where they found twelve wells of water, and seventy palm trees, and there encamped, Ex 15:27.

Cross References 8

  • 1. Exodus 14:10
  • 2. Ezekiel 47:7, 8
  • 3. Joshua 24:25
  • 4. Exodus 16:4; Deuteronomy 8:2, 16; Judges 2:22; Judges 3:1, 4; Psalms 66:10
  • 5. Exodus 19:5, 6; Deuteronomy 7:12
  • 6. Exodus 20:2-17
  • 7. Deuteronomy 7:15; Deuteronomy 28:58, 60
  • 8. Exodus 23:25; Deuteronomy 32:39; Psalms 41:3, 4; Psalms 103:3; Psalms 147:3
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