or MARA, a word which signifies _bitterness_. When the Israelites
came out of Egypt, and had arrived at the desert of Etham, they found
the water so bitter that neither themselves nor their cattle could drink
of it, Exod. xv, 23. On this account they gave the name of Marah to that
encampment. And here their murmurings began against Moses; for they
asked, What shall we drink?” Moses prayed to the Lord, who instructed
him to take a particular kind of wood, and cast it into the water, which
he did; and immediately the water became palatable. According to the
orientals, this wood was called Alnah.
came out of Egypt, and had arrived at the desert of Etham, they found
the water so bitter that neither themselves nor their cattle could drink
of it, Exod. xv, 23. On this account they gave the name of Marah to that
encampment. And here their murmurings began against Moses; for they
asked, What shall we drink?” Moses prayed to the Lord, who instructed
him to take a particular kind of wood, and cast it into the water, which
he did; and immediately the water became palatable. According to the
orientals, this wood was called Alnah.