The Waters of Marah and Elim

22 Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert(A) of Shur.(B) For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water.(C)

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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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23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.[a](A))

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 15:23 Marah means bitter.

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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27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped(A) there near the water.

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27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

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