Exodus 15:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Marah - Now identified with the fount of Huwara. The fountain rises from a large mound, a whitish petrifaction, deposited by the water, and is considered by the Arabians to be the worst in the whole district.

Exodus 15:23

23 And when they came to Marah,b they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.