Lux Domini

Exodus  15:25

And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

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Interpretation

In the wilderness of Shur the Israelites had no water. At Marah they had water, but it was bitter; so that they could not drink it.

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This thought runs through Exodus 15:23-26.

Exodus 15:23 Exodus 15:24 Exodus 15:25 Exodus 15:26

Glossary

Marah Place
Bitterness, a fountain at the sixth station of the Israelites ( Ex. 15:23 , 24; Num. 33:8 ) whose waters were so bitter that they could not drink them. Modern identification: Ain Hawarah.