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mā´ra , mar´a ( מרה , mārāh , "bitter"): The first camp of the Israelites after the passage of the Red Sea ( Exodus 15:23; Numbers 33:8 f). The name is derived from the bitterness of the brackish water. Moses cast a tree into the waters which were thus made sweet ( Exodus 15:23 ). See WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL .

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Marah'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​m/marah.html. 1915.
 
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