Exodus 15:26 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 15:23-27

The trials and vicissitudes of life. Israel in the wilderness is a type of our pilgrimage through life. I. MONOTONY . The long weary sameness of days each exactly resembling the last ( Exodus 15:22 )—the desert all around us—and no water! No refreshing draughts from that living spring, which becomes in them that drink it "a well of water springing up into everlasting life" ( John 4:14 ). Israel was afflicted by want of earthly water for three days. Many poor pilgrims through the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 15:25-26

The Lord shewed him a tree.— Several trees or plants belonging to different parts of the world, are said to possess the quality of rendering bitter water sweet and agreeable; as the nellimaram of Coromandel, the sassafras of Florida, the yerva Caniani of Peru, and the perru nelli (Phylanthus emblica) of India. But none of them is found in the Sinaitic. peninsula. Burckhardt suggested that the berries of the ghurkud (Peganum retusum), a low thorny shrub which grows abundantly round... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 15:26

Exodus 15:26. If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, &c. He here states the substance of what he required of them. For as yet he did not load them with that grievous yoke of ceremonies, which he thought fit afterward to lay upon them, for the hardness of their hearts, or because they showed themselves incapable of a more liberal and ingenuous service. And to this the words of the Lord by Jeremiah seem to refer, Jeremiah 7:22-23, “I spake not to your fathers... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:22-27

15:22-18:27 JOURNEY TO SINAIComplaints about water (15:22-27)Having spent all their lives in Egypt, the Israelite people were not prepared for the hardships of life in the barren wilderness regions. Their joyous feelings of faith, so confidently displayed in their song of victory at the Red Sea, did not last long. When, after three days thirsty travel, they found that the only water available was undrinkable, they complained bitterly (22-24).God had to teach the people that his presence among... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 15:26

And [He, Jehovah] said . See note on Exodus 4:3 . diligently hearken. Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ). Hebrew "if an hearkening thou hearken". the LORD That healeth thee . Jehovah rophe'eka, one of the Jehovah titles. See App-4 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 15:22-26

THE BITTER WATERS OF MARAH"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. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the watars of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? And he cried unto Jehovah, and Jehovah showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 15:22-26

The wilderness of Shur was a section of semi-desert to the east of Egypt’s border. It occupied the northwestern part of the Sinai Peninsula, and it separated Egypt from Palestine (Exodus 15:22).". . . wilderness does not imply a waste of sand, but a broad open expanse, which affords pasture enough for a nomad tribe wandering with their flocks. Waste and desolate so far as human habitations are concerned, the traveller [sic] will only encounter a few Bedouins. But everywhere the earth is clothed... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 15:22-27

A. God’s preparatory instruction of Israel 15:22-18:27The events in this section of the text record God’s preparation of His people for the revelation of His gracious will for them at Mt. Sinai. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 15:22-38

II. THE ADOPTION OF ISRAEL 15:22-40:38The second major section of Exodus records the events associated with God’s adoption of Israel as His chosen people. Having redeemed Israel out of slavery in Egypt He now made the nation His privileged son. Redemption is the end of one journey but the beginning of another. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:1-27

The Song of MosesOn the further shore of the Red Sea the Israelites celebrate their deliverance in a magnificent hymn of praise. It consists of three strophes or stanzas of increasing length, viz. Exodus 15:2-5, Exodus 15:6-10, Exodus 15:11-18. The first v. is introductory and may have been repeated as a chorus after each stanza: see on Exodus 15:21. On the structure of Hebrew poetry see Introduction to the Psalms. In language and style the song bears many marks of high antiquity. There can be... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 15:23-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 15:25-26

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 15:26

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:22-27

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 15:26

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 15:22-26

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 15:22-26

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 15:22-27

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 15:22-38

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:1-27

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