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Marah in the Bible.

Marah is a sea or lake in the Bible, about 346 km (215 miles) south-west of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 3 verses, from Exodus 15:23 to Numbers 33:9.

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About Marah.

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.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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All 3 verses that name Marah.

Exodus 1

  • Exodus 15:23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

Numbers 2

  • Numbers 33:8And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
  • Numbers 33:9And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.

Questions about Marah.

Where is Marah in the Bible?

Marah is a sea or lake about 346 km (215 miles) south-west of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Marah named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Marah in 3 verses, in 2 books, from Exodus 15:23 to Numbers 33:9.

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