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Exodus 15:23 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Exodus 15:23

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21 Miriam answered them, “Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.”

22 Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

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

24 The people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”

25 Then he cried to the LORD. The LORD showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them.

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Exodus 15:1

"Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and said, “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea."

Exodus 15:2

"The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him."

Exodus 15:3

"The LORD is a man of war. The LORD is his name."

Exodus 15:4

"He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea. His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea."

Exodus 15:5

"The deeps cover them. They went down into the depths like a stone."

Exodus 15:6

"Your right hand, LORD, is glorious in power. Your right hand, LORD, dashes the enemy in pieces."

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