Exodus 15:22-23 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 15:22-27

It should seem, it was with some difficulty that Moses prevailed with Israel to leave that triumphant shore on which they sang the foregoing song. They were so taken up with the sight, or with the song, or with the spoiling of the dead bodies, that they cared not to go forward, but Moses with much ado brought them from the Red Sea into a wilderness. The pleasures of our way to Canaan must not retard our progress, but quicken it, though we have a wilderness before us. Now here we are told, I.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:22

So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea ,.... Or "caused them to journey" F1 ויסע "et fecit proficisci", Pagninus & Montanus, Drusius; "jussit proficisci", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. , which some think was done with difficulty, they being so eager and intent upon the spoil and plunder of the Egyptians cast upon the sea shore, the harness of their horses being, as Jarchi observes, ornamented with gold and silver, and precious stones; or as others, they had some... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:23

And when they came to Marah ,.... A place in the wilderness, afterwards so called from the quality of the waters found here; wherefore this name is by anticipation: they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter ; and they must be very bitter for people in such circumstances, having been without water for three days, not to be able to drink of them: some have thought these to be the bitter fountains Pliny F6 Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 29. speaks of, somewhere between... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:22

The wilderness of Shur - This was on the coast of the Red Sea on their road to Mount Sinai. See the map. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:23

Marah - So called from the bitter waters found there. Dr. Shaw conjectures that this place is the same as that now called Corondel, where there is still a small rill which, if not diluted with dews or rain, continues brackish. See his account at the end of Exodus ( Exodus 40:38 ; (note)). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:22

Verse 22 22.So Moses brought. Moses now relates that, from the time, of their passage through the sea, they had been suffering for three days from the want of water, that the first they discovered was bitter, and that thence the name was given to the place. This was indeed no light temptation, to suffer thirst for three days in a dry land, and nowhere to meet with relief or remedy. No wonder, then, that they should have groaned with anxiety; but grief, when it is full of contumacy, deserves no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 15:22

So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea . There is no such connection between this verse and the preceding narrative as the word "so" expresses. Translate "And Moses brought." The wilderness of Shur , called also that of Etham ( Numbers 33:1-56 .8) appears to have extended from Lake Serbonis on the north, across the isthmus, to the Red Sea, and along its eastern shores as far as the Wady Ghurundel. It is almost wholly waterless; and towards the south, such wells as exist yield a water... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 15:22-27

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 15:22-27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 15:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 15:22-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 15:22-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 15:22-27

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