BRAGADAYJAH 139

Monday, April 7, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 105

The children of Israel sang their song of redemption; God is good; God is great; He is glorious; He is our Commander in Chief; there is none like Him; He gave us victory over our enemies.  Having sang their song, they moved on, and one may add with great enthusiasm.
            They went out into the wilderness, led by Moses; they journeyed for three days in the wilderness of Shur, and of course they needed water; they were thirsty; but there was no water; and so they journeyed on until at last they came to water; but alas the water was bitter and so was their disappointment.
            Predictably, they turned against Moses once again, not to mention the very God whom they had so lustily praised in song.
            “Moses,” they screamed; “What shall we drink?”
            Moses turned to the Lord and the Lord showed him a tree and instructed him to take it and cast it into the water, which when he did so caused the bitter water to turn sweet; so they called the name of the place Marah, meaning bitter. And Moses made a point of making the people swear that if they would diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord their God, and do that which is right in His sight, and will give ear unto His commandments, and keep all His statutes, that none of the diseases which befell the Egyptians would befall them.
            After that the continued journeying on, and came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water, and seventy palm trees which provided good cover for them; so they stopped and refreshed, and rested themselves there.
 BRAGADAYJAH 105          


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