Marah in Biblical History

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What is Marah?
MA'RAH
(bitterness), a place in the wilderness of Shur or Etham, three days' journey, Num 33:8-9, from the place at which the Israelites crossed the Red Sea. There was at Marah a spring of bitter water, sweetened subsequently by the casting in of a tree which "the Lord showed" to Moses. Ex 15:23-24; Num 33:8-9. At 'Ain Hawarah, distant 47 miles from Aynn Mousa, is a spring whose fountain rises from a large mound in the Wadi el-Amarah, and is considered by the Arabs as the worst water in the district. The soil is impregnated with natron, which accounts for the bitterness. This spring has been identified with Marah. It is of course impossible to determine whether this is the precise spring of which the Israelites drank, but it is certain that it must have been in this neighborhood.

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