George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Exodus 15:26
Healer. God delivered his people from every infirmity, which might prevent any one from joining the rest of their tribes on the night of the exit, Psalm civ. 37.
Healer. God delivered his people from every infirmity, which might prevent any one from joining the rest of their tribes on the night of the exit, Psalm civ. 37.
Verse Exodus 15:26. _IF THOU WILT DILIGENTLY HEARKEN_] What is contained in this verse appears to be what is intended by the _statute_ and _ordinance_ mentioned in the preceding: _If thou wilt dilige...
II. THE JOURNEY TOWARDS THE PROMISED LAND AND ISRAEL AT SINAI 1. The Experiences in the Wilderness CHAPTER 15:22-27 In the Wilderness of Shur _ 1. Marah (Exodus 15:22)_ 2. Elim (Exodus 15:27) They...
BITTER WATERS MADE SWEET (Exodus 15:22 a J, Exodus 15:25 b E, Exodus 15:26 Rje, Exodus 15:27 J). The wilderness of Shur stretched E. of the present
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...
DISCOURSE: 86 CHRIST THE HEALER OF HIS PEOPLE Exodus 15:26. _I am the Lord that healeth thee._ SCARCELY had the Jews passed the Red Sea before they began to murmur: as the Psalmist has said, “They pr...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 15THEN SANG MO-SES AND THE CHILDREN OF IS-RA-EL THIS SONG UNTO JE-HO-VAH, AND SPAKE, SAYING, I will sing unto Je-ho-vah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse an...
_AND SAID, IF THOU WILT DILIGENTLY HEARKEN TO THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD, AND WILT DO THAT WHICH IS RIGHT IN HIS SIGHT, AND WILT GIVE EAR TO HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND KEEP ALL HIS STATUTES, I WILL PUT...
THE SONG OF MOSES On 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. Ex...
THAT HEALETH THEE] lit. 'thy physician.' The term is employed with reference to the 'healing' of the noxious waters: cp. Psalms 103:8; Psalms 107:19; Psalms 107:20....
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 15 MOSES AND MIRIAM SING A SONG – VERSES 1-18 V1 Then Moses and the...
וַ יֹּאמֶר֩ אִם ־שָׁמֹ֨ועַ תִּשְׁמַ֜ע לְ קֹ֣ו
MARAH'S WATERS SWEETENED; ELIM'S REST Exodus 15:19 How rapid are the transitions of life! Today the song of victory, tomorrow the bitter wells of Marah, and the next the shadow of Elim's palms! One m...
It was a great and glorious song thatrose on the morning air on the far side of the sea. A study of it will reveal it to be a song of the King. It was a high ecstatic moment of national consciousness....
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is (o) right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will p...
Leviticus 26:3; Deuteronomy 7:15....
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
26._If thou wilt diligently hearken. _Moses now unfolds what was the statute or ordinance which God promulgated. For here the reference is not to the whole law which was afterwards given on mount Sina...
Hereupon we enter the desert. They sing (chap. 15) the song of triumph. God has led them by His power to His holy habitation. But they are on this journey, not in Canaan. He will lead them into the pl...
AND SAID, IF THOU WILT DILIGENTLY HEARKEN TO THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD,.... By this and the following words, they are prepared to expect a body of laws to be given unto them, as the rule of their...
_And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put...
Exo. 15:25, 26. "And the Lord showed him a tree which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet," etc. "I am the Lord that healeth thee." This tree is the tree of life, and signifie...
_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,...
1 Moses song. 22 The people want water. 23 The waters at Marah are bitter. 25 A tree sweetneth them. 27 At Elim are twelue wels, and seuentie palme trees. 1 THEN sang [NOTE: Genesis 1:20.] Moses a...
and said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord, thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put...
IN THE WILDERNESS OF SHUR...
FIFTH SECTION The journey through the wilderness to Sinai. Want of water. Marah. Elim. The Wilderness of Sin. Quails. Manna. Rephidim (Massah and Meribah). The Amalekites. Jethro and his advice, a hu...
THE SONG OF SALVATION (vs.1-19) This is the first song found in scripture, and a most fitting response to the greatness of God's victory in delivering His people. It is an expression of joy in the Lo...
22-27 In the wilderness of Shur the Israelites had no water. At Marah they had water, but it was bitter; so that they could not drink it. God can make bitter to us that from which we promise ourselve...
NONE OF THESE DISEASES UPON THEE, nor other evils or plagues; but, on the contrary, I will bless thee with all manner of blessings. Under one branch or part of the blessings of God's covenant, he incl...
This chapter opens with Israel's magnificent song of triumph on the shore of the Red Sea, when they had seen "that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians." They had seen God's salvation, and...
Exodus 15:26 said H559 (H8799) diligently H8085 (H8800) heed H8085 (H8799) voice H6963 LORD H3068 God...
THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG MARCH: WATER SHORTAGE FOLLOWED BY PROVISION (EXODUS 15:22). a Moses leads Israel forward into the wilderness of Shur (Exodus 15:22 a). b They went three days in the wildern...
Exodus 15:23 From the story of Marah we learn these lessons: I. The water was deleterious, not distasteful only. Had the people drunk it, it would have wrought disease, but it was healed by the obed...
Exodus 15:1. _Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown...
CONTENTS: The song of the redeemed. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Miriam. CONCLUSION: Those who love God triumph in His triumphs and what is His honor is their joy. Our first thought should be to give glo...
Exodus 15:1. _Then sang Moses._ The Israelites sang in companies; and the one company often answered the other. See Bishop Lowth on the Hebrew Poetry. Also Psalms 68:25; Ecclesiastes 2:8;...
_They came to Marah._ MARAH I. The water was deleterious, not distasteful only. Had the people drunk it, it would have wrought disease; but it was healed by the obedience of Moses to God’s direction...
EXODUS 15:22 Journey. Israel journeys from Egypt to Rephidim and responds to difficulties like the need for water (Exodus 15:22; Exodus 17:1
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 15:24 GRUMBLED. Israel had just seen the power of the Lord unforgettably demonstrated, yet they failed to trust him. In contrast, Moses CRIED TO THE LORD to meet t
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 15:25 The STATUTE calls Israel to obey all that the Lord has commanded and all that he will reveal later. This requires that the people follow Moses, through whom they will liste...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 15:27. Elim.]—Probably = “palms,” Ges. Fü. Dav. By many identified with Wadi Gharendel, “situated 2½ miles S. of Howarah, and 2 miles N. of Tor, in a very beautiful valley of a...
EXPOSITION THE JOURNEY FROM THE RED SEA TO ELIM. After a stay, which cannot be exactly measured, but which was probably one of some days, near the point of the Eastern coast of the Gulf of Suez, at wh...
So Moses broke forth in song. Chapter fifteen is actually the song of Moses, of God's deliverance and victory. Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and they spake, sayin...
if thou Leviticus 26:3 Leviticus 26:13 Deuteronomy 7:12 Deuteronomy 7:13...
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...