Exodus 15:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Num 33:8 : 8 They departed from before Pi Hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and camped in Marah.
  • Ruth 1:20 : 20 And she said to them, Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

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    24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

    25And he cried to the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he tested them,

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    8They departed from before Pi Hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and camped in Marah.

    9And they moved from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there.

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    1And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, following their travels, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

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    14Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD, What He did in the Red Sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

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    13This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the LORD, and He was sanctified among them.

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    2And there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron.

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