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Marah
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From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.
The first station of the Israelites, where Moses made the bitter waters sweet
- Exodus 15:22–25 Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.) So the people grumbled agains…
- Numbers 33:8–9 They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah. They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.