Mara
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Marah — bitterhed, en kilde ved den sjette station af israelitterne [2Mos 15:23 , 24; 4Mos 33:8 ], hvis vand var så bittert, at de ikke kunne drikke det. På grund af dette knurrede de mod Moses, som under guddommelig vejledning kastede "et bestemt træ" i kilden, hvilket fjernede dens bitterhed, så folket kunne drikke af det. Dette var sandsynligvis 'Ain Hawarah, hvor der stadig er flere kilder med meget "bittert" vand, beliggende omkring 47 miles fra 'Ayun Mousa.
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Marah
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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