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23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water at Marah because it was bitter. (That is why it’s called[a] Marah.)[b] 24 Then the people complained against Moses: “What are we to drink?” 25 Moses[c] cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree, which he threw into the water, and the water became sweet.

There the Lord[d] presented to them a statute and an ordinance, and there he tested them.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 15:23 Lit. why one calls its name
  2. Exodus 15:23 Marah means bitter in Heb.
  3. Exodus 15:25 Lit. He
  4. Exodus 15:25 Lit. he