Exodus · around about 1446 BC
Bitter Waters of Marah
Bitter Waters of Marah is recorded in Exodus and falls around about 1446 BC. Below is what happened, where it fits, and the full text.
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What happened
Moses throws a piece of wood into bitter water at Marah and it becomes sweet.
Where it fits on the timeline
Israel reaches Marah after crossing the Red Sea, before receiving manna in the wilderness (Exodus 15:22-27; Exodus 16:1-36; Exodus 14:1-31).
The passage
Exodus 15:22-27
Moses led Israel onward 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. When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah. The people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” Then he cried to the LORD. The LORD showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them. He said, “If you will diligently listen to the LORD your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am the LORD who heals you.” They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees. They encamped there by the waters.
Scripture references
Exodus 15:22-27
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