Marah
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Marah — bitterheid, 'n fontein by die sesde stasie van die Israeliete [Eks 15:23 , 24; Nm 33:8] waarvan die waters so bitter was dat hulle dit nie kon drink nie. Om hierdie rede het hulle teen Moses gemurmureer, wat, onder goddelike leiding, 'n "sekere boom" in die fontein gegooi het wat die bitterheid weggeneem het, sodat die mense daarvan gedrink het. Dit was waarskynlik die 'Ain Hawarah, waar daar steeds verskeie fonteine van water is wat baie "bitter" is, ongeveer 47 myl van 'Ayun Mousa af.
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bitterness, a fountain at the sixth station of the Israelites (Ex 15:23; 15:24; Num 33:8 ) whose waters were so bitter that they could not drink them. On this account they murmured against Moses, who, under divine direction, cast into the fountain "a certain tree" which took away its bitterness, so that the people drank of it. This was probably the 'Ain Hawarah, where there are still several springs of water that are very "bitter," distant some 47 miles from 'Ayun Mousa.
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