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Ex. 15:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness ofk Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

Gen. 16:7• ⁷And the Angel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. (Gen. 16:7)

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wilderness of Shur.This lay on the eastern shore of the Heroopolitic gulf of the Red Sea, and is still called the desert of Shur, according to Dr. Shaw.

Gen. 16:7• ⁷And the Angel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. (Gen. 16:7)

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Gen. 25:18• ¹⁸And they dwelt from Havilah to Shur which [is] before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria . He settled before all his brethren. (Gen. 25:18)

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1 Sam. 15:7• ⁷And Saul smote Amalek from Havilah as thou comest to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt. (1 Sam. 15:7)

three days.

Ex. 3:18• ¹⁸And they shall hearken to thy voice; and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and ye shall say to him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us; and now let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God. (Ex. 3:18)

• From this point to the end of the eighteenth chapter is a distinct section of the book. To understand it aright, it must, be remembered that as yet Israel was not under law, but under grace; and hence this brief period closes, in figure, with the millennium. The careful reader will find in this statement the key of many of the events recorded. For example, the murmurings recorded in chapters 15, 16 and 17 are borne by the Lord with long-suffering and tenderness, and their needs are ministered to out of the fullness of His unwearied love. But after Sinai, murmurings of the same character are the occasion of judgment, for the simple reason that the people had been, at their own request, put under law. (“Marah and Elim: Exodus 15:22-27” by E. Dennett)

• The expression—“three days,” is always significant in Scripture. Numberless examples may be gleaned from a concordance; and it will be found that very frequently it is associated with death; and so here the three days will mean the distance of death. They had in figure passed through death, and now they must learn it practically....This is the fundamental necessity for every believer. There can be no progress, no real break with the past, until death is accepted, until he reckons himself dead to sin (Rom. 6), dead to the law (Rom. 7), and dead to the world (Gal. 6). Hence the character of God’s dealings with souls. He will teach them experimentally—as in the case of Israel before us—and thus enable them to apprehend the true character of the path on which they have entered. (“Marah and Elim: Exodus 15:22-27” by E. Dennett)

• And what was the first experience of Israel? They found no water. Like the Psalmist, they were in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is (Psalm 63). No; every spring of earth is dried up for those who have been redeemed from Egypt There is not a single source of life—nothing that can minister in any way to the life we have received in Christ. (“Marah and Elim: Exodus 15:22-27” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

And Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

W. Kelly Translation

And Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)