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Summary

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.

Bible References

Marah

Numbers 33:8
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 encamped in Marah.
Ruth 1:20
And she said to them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.