Exodus 15:26

saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh speaks directly to Israel at Marah, immediately after the bitter waters are sweetened and a statute is established (v.25). This is a moment of testing, not yet the promised land.

The words — שָׁמַע (shama') carries the condition: not passive hearing but attentive, responsive listening. הַיָּשָׁר (ha-yashar) names the standard — what is upright in God's eyes, not a checklist.

The thread — The same pattern recurs in Deuteronomy 7:15 and Exodus 23:25: obedience removes the diseases of Egypt. Psalms 103:3 states the healing as a standing attribute of Yahweh without the conditional frame.

Why it lands — The verse makes healing contingent on genuine obedience and then declares God's identity as healer, so the reader cannot separate the two. It asks the reader to take "listen carefully" as the operative demand, not a formality.

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The Hebrew words

וַיֹּאמֶר֩va/i.yo.Merand/ he said אִם־'im-<if>שָׁמ֨וֹעַsha.Mo.a'certainly [if] <to listen>תִּשְׁמַ֜עtish.Ma'you will listen לְק֣וֹל׀le./Kolto/ [the] voice of יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahweh אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei./khaGod/ your וְהַיָּשָׁ֤רve./hai./ya.Sharand/ the/ right בְּעֵינָיו֙be./'ei.Na/vin/ view/ his תַּעֲשֶׂ֔הta.'a.Sehyou will do וְהַֽאֲזַנְתָּ֙ve./ha.'a.zan.Taand/ you will give ear לְמִצְוֹתָ֔יוle./mitz.vo.Ta/vto/ commandments/ his וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֖ve./sha.mar.Taand/ you will keep כָּל־kol-all חֻקָּ֑יוchu.Ka/vdecrees/ his כָּֽל־kal-any הַמַּֽחֲלָ֞הha./ma.cha.Lah<the>/ sickness אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-which שַׂ֤מְתִּיSam.tiI put בְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ve./mitz.Ra.yimon/ Egypt לֹא־lo'-not אָשִׂ֣ים'a.SimI will put עָלֶ֔יךָ'a.Lei./khaon/ you כִּ֛יkifor אֲנִ֥י'a.NiI יְהוָ֖הYah.weh[am] Yahweh רֹפְאֶֽךָ׃ סro.fe.'E./kha[who] heals/ you

King James Version

And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

Cross-references

Psalms 103:3 He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
Deuteronomy 7:15 And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
Exodus 23:25 So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
Psalms 41:3 The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
Psalms 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Jeremiah 33:6 Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
Hosea 6:1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
Deuteronomy 28:1 “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
Leviticus 26:13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.
Job 5:18 For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.