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Exodus 15:21-23
Contemporary English Version

21 Then she sang to them:

“Sing praises to the Lord
    for his great victory!
He has thrown the horses
and their riders into the sea.”

Bitter Water at Marah

22 After the Israelites left the Red Sea,[a] Moses led them through the Shur Desert for three days, before finding water. 23 They did find water at Marah, but it was bitter, which is how that place got its name.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 15.22 Red Sea: See the note at 13.18.
  2. 15.23 Marah … name: In Hebrew “Marah” means “bitter.”
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