Marah — Bible place

Bitterness, a fountain at the sixth station of the Israelites (Ex. 15:23, 24; Num. 33:8) whose waters were so bitter that they could not drink them. On this account they murmured against Moses, who, under divine direction, cast into the fountain “a certain tree” which took away its bitterness, so that the people drank of it. This was probably the ‘Ain Hawarah, where there are still several springs of water that are very “bitter,” distant some 47 miles from ‘Ayun Mousa.

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Show passage in OET: EXO 15:23

OET-RV EXO 15:23

23 but it was so bitter that they couldn’t drink it. So they named that place ‘Marah’ (which means ‘bitter’),

OET-LV EXO 15:23

23 And_they _came to_Mārāh and_not they _were _able to_drink waters from_Mārāh if/because were_bitter they therefore yes/correct/thus/so someone _called his/its_name Mārāh.

Show passage in OET: NUM 33:8

OET-RV NUM 33:8

8 Then they left Pi-Hahirot and walked through the middle of the sea into the Eytam wilderness and camped at Marah.

OET-LV NUM 33:8

8 And_they _set _out from_face/in _front _of Haḩirot and_they _passed in_the _middle _of the_sea to_the_wilderness and_they _went a _journey _of three _of days in_the _wilderness _of ʼĒtām and_they _encamped at_Mārāh.

Show passage in OET: NUM 33:9

OET-RV NUM 33:9

9 From Marah, they went to Eylim which had twelve springs with seventy palm trees around them, and they camped there.

OET-LV NUM 33:9

9 And_they _set _out from_Mārāh and_they _came to_ʼĒylim and_were_at_ʼĒylim two _plus ten springs _of water and_seventy palm _trees and_they _encamped there.

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