Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses led Israel onward 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.
- KJV So 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.
- BSB Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
- NKJV So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
- NASB Then Moses led 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.
- NLT Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea, and they moved out into the desert of Shur. They traveled in this desert for three days without finding any water.
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Quick answer
After the victory, Moses led Israel into the wilderness of Shur, where they traveled three days without finding water.
Overview
The journey from triumph quickly turns to testing as the redeemed face the hardship of a waterless desert. The transition from the song of victory to the trial of thirst shows that deliverance leads into a path of dependence on God. The Christian life likewise moves from redemption into a wilderness that tests and trains faith.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 16:7Yahweh’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
- Gen 25:18They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.
- 1 Sam 15:7Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.
- Exod 3:18They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.’
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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