Exodus 15:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when they came to Marah, the water was no good for drinking, for the waters of Marah were bitter, which is why it was named Marah.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 33:8 : 8 And journeying on from before Hahiroth, they went through the sea into the waste land: they went three days' journey through the waste land of Etham and put up their tents in Marah.
  • Ruth 1:20 : 20 And she said to them, Do not let my name be Naomi, but Mara, for the Ruler of all has given me a bitter fate.

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    24And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink?

    25And in answer to his prayer, the Lord made him see a tree, and when he put it into the water, the water was made sweet. There he gave them a law and an order, testing them;

  • Exod 15:22
    80%

    22Then Moses took Israel forward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the waste land of Shur; and for three days they were in the waste land where there was no water.

  • Num 33:8-10
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    8And journeying on from before Hahiroth, they went through the sea into the waste land: they went three days' journey through the waste land of Etham and put up their tents in Marah.

    9And from Marah they went on to Elim: and in Elim there were twelve water-springs and seventy palm-trees; and they put up their tents there.

    10And they went on from Elim and put up their tents by the Red Sea.

  • Exod 17:1-3
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    1And the children of Israel went on from the waste land of Sin, by stages as the Lord gave them orders, and put up their tents in Rephidim: and there was no drinking-water for the people.

    2So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

    3And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?

  • Num 21:14-17
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    14As it says in the book of the Wars of the Lord, Vaheb in Suphah, and the valley of the Amon;

    15The slope of the valleys going down to the tents of Ar and touching the edge of Moab.

    16From there they went on to Beer, the water-spring of which the Lord said to Moses, Make the people come together and I will give them water.

    17Then Israel gave voice to this song: Come up, O water-spring, let us make a song to it:

  • Num 33:14
    73%

    14And they went on from Alush, and put up their tents in Rephidim, where there was no drinking-water for the people.

  • Exod 17:6-7
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    6See, I will take my place before you on the rock in Horeb; and when you give the rock a blow, water will come out of it, and the people will have drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the chiefs of Israel.

    7And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?

  • Ps 106:32
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    32They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;

  • Num 20:13
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    13These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel went against the Lord, and they saw that he was holy among them.

  • Exod 7:24
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    24And all the Egyptians made holes round about the Nile to get drinking-water, for they were not able to make use of the Nile water.

  • Num 20:4-5
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    4Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there?

    5Why have you made us come out of Egypt into this evil place? This is no place of seed or figs or vines or other fruits, and there is no water for drinking.

  • Num 20:2
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    2And there was no water for the people: and they came together against Moses and against Aaron.

  • Isa 48:21
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    21They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out of the rock for them: the rock was parted and the waters came flowing out.

  • Exod 15:27
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    27And they came to Elim where there were twelve water-springs and seventy palm-trees: and they put up their tents there by the waters.

  • Exod 16:2
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    2And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land:

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    44So that their rivers were turned to blood, and they were not able to get drink from their streams.

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    20And she said to them, Do not let my name be Naomi, but Mara, for the Ruler of all has given me a bitter fate.

  • Num 5:23-24
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    23And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;

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    15So Miriam was shut up outside the tent-circle for seven days: and the people did not go forward on their journey till Miriam had come in again.

  • Jas 3:11
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    11Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water?

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    15He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.

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    68%

    4Then they went on from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, going round the land of Edom: and the spirit of the people was overcome with weariness on the way.

    5And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.

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    10Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock?

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    22Again at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you made the Lord angry.

  • Exod 7:21
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    21And the fish in the Nile came to destruction, and a bad smell went up from the river, and the Egyptians were not able to make use of the water of the Nile for drinking; and there was blood through all the land of Egypt.

  • Num 27:14
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    14Because in the waste land of Zin, when the people were angry, you and he went against my word and did not keep my name holy before their eyes, at the waters. (These are the waters of Meribah in Kadesh in the waste land of Zin.)

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    16But when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the waste land to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh;

  • Deut 1:27
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    27And you made an angry outcry in your tents, and said, In his hate for us the Lord has taken us out of the land of Egypt, to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction.

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    9For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they took from the children of Israel the desire to go into the land which the Lord had given them.

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    15The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters.

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    15And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which the Lord has given you for your food.

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    11And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?