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Marah Was a Real Place
Commentators emphasize that Marah was a real place with verifiably bitter water. Scholars cite numerous ancient and modern travelers who confirm the existence of such springs in the Sinai peninsula, grounding the biblical account in a real, historical experience. The name 'Marah' itself literally means 'bitterness.'
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 15:23
18th Century
Theologian
Marah - Now identified with the spring of Huwara. The fountain rises from a large mound, a whitish mineral deposit, deposited by the water,…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 15:23
19th Century
Bishop
The waters of Marah ... were bitter. The extreme bitterness of the springs at the southern extremity of the wilderness of…
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 15:23–24
19th Century
Preacher
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. And …
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John Gill
On Exodus 15:23
17th Century
Pastor
And when they came to Marah
A place in the wilderness, afterwards so called from the quality of the waters found her…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 15:22–27
17th Century
Minister
In the wilderness of Shur, the Israelites had no water. At Marah, they had water, but it was bitter, so they could not drink it. God can make bitte…