OLD TESTAMENT

Exodus 15:23

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When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.

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Verse 23. Mara, about halfway between Suez and Menochius. Sinai. The waters are said to be still potable, though of a disagreeable nitrous taste. Calmet.

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Marah means bitter.

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