Exodus 15:23

And when they came to Marah, the water was no good for drinking, for the waters of Marah were bitter, which is why it was named Marah.

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And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

In Context

22Then Moses took Israel forward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the waste land of Shur; and for three days they were in the waste land where there was no water.

24And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink?

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Cross References

Numbers 33:8And journeying on from before Hahiroth, they went through the sea into the waste land: they went three days' journey through the waste land of Etham and put up their tents in Marah.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 15:23-27

The Waters of Marah. ( b. c. 1491.) 22 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. 23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? 25 And he cried unto the Lord ; and the Lord showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters… Read the whole commentary →

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