15:22 1 Then Moses led Israel to journey 2 away from the Red Sea. They went out to the Desert of Shur, walked for three days 3 into the desert, and found no water. 15:23 Then they came to Marah, 4 but they were not able to drink 5 the waters of Marah, because 6 they were bitter. 7 (That is 8 why its name was 9 Marah.)
15:24 So the people murmured 10 against Moses, saying, “What can 11 we drink?” 15:25 He cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him 12 a tree. 13 When Moses 14 threw it into the water, the water became safe to drink. There the Lord 15 made for them 16 a binding ordinance, 17 and there he tested 18 them. 15:26 He said, “If you will diligently obey 19 the Lord your God, and do what is right 20 in his sight, and pay attention 21 to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all 22 the diseases 23 that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the Lord, am your healer.” 24