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Exodus 15:24

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24 And the people 1grumbled against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"
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Exodus 15:24 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 15:24

And the people murmured against Moses
For bringing them into a wilderness where they could find no water fit to drink; saying:

what shall we drink?
what shall we do for drink? where can we drink? this water is not drinkable, and, unless we have something to drink, we, and our wives, and children, and servants, and cattle, must all perish.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Exodus 15:24 In-Context

22 Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.
24 And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"
25 And he cried to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the LORD made for them a statute and a rule, and there he tested them,
26 saying, "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 diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, your healer."

Cross References 1

  • 1. Exodus 16:2; Exodus 17:3
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