15:22-27

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Ex 15:22-18:27

JOURNEY TO SINAI

Complaints about water

(Ex 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 (Ex 15:22-24).

God had to teach the people that his presence among them did not mean they would be free of the problems of daily living.

Nevertheless, if they lived each day in obedience to him, he would help them survive in the desert amid hardship and disease.

He could teach them bushcraft so that undrinkable water could be made drinkable; or he could guide their journeyings so that they came to places where good water was available (Ex 15:25-27).