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Exodus 15:25 Explained in Context
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Verse 25. 25And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
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Quick Meaning
The wording “And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the…” at 15:25 supplies evidence for the unit's movement and its effect on the people named there.
Read It With
- Exodus 15:22–27
Read Exodus 15:25 with 15:22–27. The wording “And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the…” at 15:25 supplies evidence for the unit's movement and its effect on the people named there. The whole unit shows: Three waterless days end at bitter Marah; complaint, divine provision, a statute and testing speech, and Elim's abundant springs begin wilderness dependence.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within Exodus 12–15's Passover, departure, sea deliverance, judgment, song, and first wilderness test, this unit makes the following contribution: Three waterless days end at bitter Marah; complaint, divine provision, a statute and testing speech, and Elim's abundant springs begin wilderness dependence. At 15:25, the wording “And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the…” makes this verse's contribution precise. The wording “And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the…” at 15:25 supplies evidence for the unit's movement and its effect on the people named there.
What Remains True
Because Exodus 15:25 contributes “And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the…” to “Bitter Water at Marah Becomes a Test,” its proportionate enduring truth is: Need exposes fear and mistrust, but the story repeatedly joins provision with practices that train dependence, memory, shared sufficiency, and rest.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Exodus 15:25, the line “And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the…” serves this contextual meaning: Three waterless days end at bitter Marah; complaint, divine provision, a statute and testing speech, and Elim's abundant springs begin wilderness dependence. The bounded action is: A proportionate application of “Bitter Water at Marah Becomes a Test” is this: Respond to complaints by checking the real need and distribution system first; build rhythms that prevent hoarding, burnout, and dependence on one leader.
Continue in Context
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Read Exodus 15:22–27 — Bitter Water at Marah Becomes a TestSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Exodus 15:22–27, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Exodus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, names, speech, law, ritual vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Exod.xml, words and morphology for 15:22–27
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Exodus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2026-08-12
Supports: Unit-bounded Hebrew, syntax, lexical, textual, name, measure, legal, ritual, and older-English notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Exodus PDF, complete 127-page PDF, translation and verse-attached translator notes for 15:22–27
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