The Waters of Marah and Elim

Then Moses led the people of Israel on from the Red Sea, and they moved out into the wilderness of Shur and were three days without water. Arriving at Marah, they couldn't drink the water because it was bitter (that is why the place was called Marah, meaning "bitter").

Then the people turned against Moses. "Must we die of thirst?" they demanded.

Moses pleaded with the Lord to help them, and the Lord showed him a tree to throw into the water, and the water became sweet.

It was there at Marah that the Lord laid before them the following conditions, to test their commitment to him: "If you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and obey it, and do what is right, then I will not make you suffer the diseases I sent on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord who heals you." And they came to Elim where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees; and they camped there beside the springs.

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TEXT SOURCE: (Exodus 15:22-27) The Children's Living Bible, ©1970 Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton Illinois 60187
TITLE SOURCE: The New Student Bible, ©1992 Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids Michigan 49530