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Marah
Three days past the sea, the first water Israel found was too bitter to drink. Moses threw a piece of wood in at the Lord's word and it turned sweet, and God gave them a statute there and tested them. Many put it at Ain Hawarah in Sinai, a spring that is still brackish.
Three days past the sea, the first water Israel found was too bitter to drink. Moses threw a piece of wood in at the Lord's word and it turned sweet, and God gave them a statute there and tested them. Many put it at Ain Hawarah in Sinai, a spring that is still brackish.
Marah, meaning bitterness, was the first watering stop the Israelites reached after crossing the sea, three days into the wilderness, where the water was too bitter to drink (Exodus 15:23). Moses threw a piece of wood into the water at the Lord's direction and it became drinkable, after which God gave Israel a statute and tested them there (Exodus 15:25-26). It is often identified with Ain Hawarah, a spring in the Sinai peninsula still known for brackish water.
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- Exodus 15:23
- Numbers 33:8
- Numbers 33:9
