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Then he cried to Yahweh. Yahweh showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them;
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God's Miraculous Method
Commentators note that God used a physical object, a tree, to perform this miracle. While the tree may have had some natural properties, scholars like Barnes and Ellicott emphasize that the immediate and complete sweetening of the water was supernatural. This shows a common pattern where God works through natural means to accomplish His miraculous purposes, demonstrating His power over and through creation.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A tree ... - The statement points to a natural agency, but the result was manifestly supernatural.
He made ... -
19th Century
Anglican
The Lord showed him a tree. —There are trees that have the power of sweetening bitter water, but none of them is currently found i…
Baptist
Against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters,…
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16th Century
Protestant
And he cried. From this we gather that Moses alone prayed properly when the people tumultuously rose against him, and that those who were …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he cried unto the Lord Or prayed, as all the Targums, that God would appear for them, and relieve them in their …
In the wilderness of Shur, the Israelites had no water. At Marah, they had water, but it was bitter, so they could not drink it. God can make bitte…
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