Marah
Spring
Location disputed Ain Hawarah: about 350 km (220 miles) southwest of Jerusalem
Where Scholars Place It
- Ain Hawarah Possible
- Bir Mara Possible
- Uyun Musa Possible
- Bitter Lakes Less likely
Marah in the Bible Dictionary · The Exodus
Named in 3 Verses
- Exodus 15:23 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.
- Numbers 33:8 And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
- Numbers 33:9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.
