Chiasm

Exodus 15:22–17:7

Exodus 15:22–17:74 matched frames1 pivot

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

A 15:22-27 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea and found no water
- B 16:1 Israel enter wilderness of Sin
  - C 16:2-3 murmuring for food yearning for Egypt
    - D 16:4-5 God promises food with two conditions
      - E 16:6-12 Israel told of promises of food and see God's glory they learn that their murmuring are against God not Moses and Aaron
    - D' 16:13-31 Promise comes true but some of Israel fail each condition
  - C' 16:32-36 future generations to learn of God's provision of food after bringing out of Egypt and feeding them for 40 years in the wilderness
- B' 17:1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin
A' 17:1-7 and there was no water for the people to drink