Exodus 15:20-22 Niv
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 15:22-27
Marah and Ellim. "So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, anti they went out into the wilderness of Shur," etc. The main topics here are— I. THE SWEET FOLLOWED BY THE BITTER . Singing these songs of triumph, and praising God with timbrel and dance, on the further shores of the Red Sea, the Israelites may have felt as if nothing remained to them but to sing and dance the rest of their way to Canaan. They would regard their trials as practically at an end. It would be with... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 15:22-27
The want of water and the want of faith-Marah and Elim. It will be noticed at once how the interest of this passage is gathered round that great natural necessity, water. It is a necessity to man in so many ways. He needs it for drinking, for cleansing, for cooking, and for helping to renew the face of the earth. We may note also that Israel was soon to discover the necessity of water in ceremonial duties. A great deal of water had to be used in the tabernacle service. ( Exodus 29:4 ; ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 15:22-27
I will hear what God, the Lord, will say. There is no reason why a powerful sermon should not be preached from a seemingly strange text. All depends on how the text is treated. God himself is the greatest of all preachers. See what sort of a sermon he preached from a text which most would have thought unpromising. I. THE TEXT ( Exodus 15:22-25 ). 1 . What it was . Israel three days without water; at length "a large mound, a whitish petrifaction," from which flowed a... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 15:22-27
Trial and Blessing. I. THE CLOUD AND SUNSHINE OF THE PILGRIM LIFE . The weariness of the wilderness journey, the disappointment of Marah, and the comforts of Elim, all lie along the appointed way. II. A HEAVY TRIAL BADLY BORNE . The wilderness thirst had been endured without a murmur; but when in addition they were mocked by the bitter springs of Marah their spirit broke. 1 . The end of a prayerless faith is soon reached. If we have not learned to cast... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 15:20
And Miriam the prophetess - The part here assigned to Miriam and the women of Israel is in accordance both with Egyptian and Hebrew customs. The men are represented as singing the hymn in chorus, under the guidance of Moses; at each interval Miriam and the women sang the refrain, marking the time with the timbrel, and with the measured rhythmical movements always associated with solemn festivities. Compare Judges 11:34; 2 Samuel 6:5, and marginal references. The word used in this passage for... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 15:22
So Moses - Literally, And Moses. The history of the journey from the Red Sea to Sinai begins in fact with this verse, which would more conveniently have been the commencement of another chapter.From the Red sea - The station where Moses and his people halted to celebrate their deliverance is generally admitted to be the Ayoun Musa, i. e. the fountains of Moses. It is the only green spot near the passage over the Red Sea. There are several wells there, which in the time of Moses were probably... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 15:20-21
Exodus 15:20-21. Miriam the prophetess So called, either in a general sense, because she was an instructer of other women in the praise and service of God, or in a more special sense, because she had the spirit of prophecy, Numbers 12:2; Micah 6:4. Miriam (or Mary, for it is the same name) now presided in an assembly of the women, who, according to the common usage of those times, with timbrels and dances, sung this song. Moses led the sacred song, and gave it out for the men, and... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 15:22
Exodus 15:22. They went three days and found no water Here we see that deliverances, however great, do not exempt from future difficulties and trials. Never was a greater deliverance, of a temporal nature, wrought out for any people than that of the Israelites from Pharaoh and from Egypt. It is the most wonderful act of God’s almighty power, next to the creation of the world, and its destruction by, and subsequent restoration from the flood, which we read of in the Old Testament: or rather,... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 15:22-26
The well of bitterness. "For I am Jehovah that healeth thee" ( Exodus 15:26 ). A new chapter of history now opens, that of the wandering; it comprises the following passages. 1 . Two months to Sinai. 2 . Eleven months at Sinai. 3 . Thirty-eight years of virtual settling down in the wilderness of Paran. 4 . March upon Canaan in the last year. Introductory to this sermon give description of the journey from the sea to Marah, keeping prominent these points, the first... read more