Bible Verses About Marah

Moshe led Isra'el onward from the Sea of Suf. They went out into the Shur Desert; but after traveling three days in the desert, they had found no water.

They arrived at Marah but couldn't drink the water there, because it was bitter. This is why they called it Marah [bitterness].

The people grumbled against Moshe and asked, "What are we to drink?"

Moshe cried to ADONAI; and ADONAI showed him a certain piece of wood, which, when he threw it into the water, made the water taste good. There ADONAI made laws and rules of life for them, and there he tested them.

They moved on from P'nei-Hachirot, passed through the sea to the desert, continued three days' journey into the Etam Desert and camped at Marah.

They moved on from Marah and came to Eilim; in Eilim were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, so they camped there.