Exodus 15:23

New International Reader's Version

When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink its water. It was bitter. That’s why the place is named Marah.

Cross References

Numbers 33:8

They left Pi Hahiroth. Then they passed through the Red Sea into the desert. They traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham. Then they camped at Marah.

Ruth 1:20

“Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara. The Mighty One has made my life very bitter.