23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
Exodus 15:23
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Exodus 17:2–4
2 So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?” 3 But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us an…
Numbers 20:12–14
12 But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.” 13 These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled wit…
Numbers 33:13–15
13 They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush. 14 They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. 15 They set out from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.
Psalms 106:31–33
31 It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come. 32 At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them. 33 For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
Numbers 20:1–3
1 In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried. 2 Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron. 3 The people quarreled with Moses and…
Exodus 17:6–8
6 Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites q…
Numbers 21:15–17
15 even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.” 16 From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.” 17 Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O we…
2 Esdras 1:21–23
21 I divided fruitful lands among you. I drove out the Canaanites, the Pherezites, and the Philistines before you. What more shall I do for you?” says the Lord. (WEB) 22 The Lord Almighty says, “When you were in the wilderness, at the bitter stream, being thirsty and blas… (WEB)
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