1491 BC · AM 2513 · Egypt and Exodus

Bitter water made sweet at Marah

After three days without water, Israel found bitter water at Marah and complained. The LORD showed Moses a piece of wood that made the water sweet, then led the people to Elim with twelve springs and seventy palm trees (Exodus 15:22-27).

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📖 Exodus 15:22–24

22Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water. 23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.) 24So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

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