Exodus 15:23
And 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.
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- Num 33:8 : 8 And 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.
- Ruth 1:20 : 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
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24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
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22 So Moses brought Israel 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.
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8 And 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.
9 And 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.
10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
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1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
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15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
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14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.
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6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
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32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
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13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
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24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
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4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
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2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
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44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
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23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
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