The children of Israel walked
three days in the wilderness and found no water, then
after three days they cam to Marah, bitter water.
Where is Marah?
(Exo 15:22 KJV)So Moses
brought Israelfrom the Red sea,
and they went out into the wilderness of
Shur; and they went
three days in the wilderness, andfound
no water.
(Num 33:8 KJV) And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and
passedthrough the midst
of the seainto
the
wilderness, and went three
days' journey in the
wilderness of Etham, andpitched
in
Marah.
(Exo 15:23 KJV)
And
when they came to Marah,
they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they
were bitter: therefore the
name of it was called Marah.
New
Commentary on the Whole Bible
If
the
place where the sea crossing took place
was at a northern
location
on Egypt’s
border, it could well be
that in moving south they came to the
so-called “BitterLakes”
in Egyptian texts (Gauthier V).
’Ain Hawara is
also suggested as a possible location
(“Marah,” IDB); and there are
springs located twenty-five miles
south of the Bitter Lakes called “Springs
of Moses” in Arabic, which reflects
an Arab tradition that associates these springs
with Moses.
IVP
Bible Background Commentary
Marah.
They traveled for three days before
reaching Marah (“bitter”). If
they
crossed atLakeBalah,
this would place them by what are well
known today as theBitterLakes.
Wikipedia
Marah =
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.
Three
Days Journey in the Wilderness is 60 miles, they
found no water, found water at Marah, the water
was bitter, on map that is about 10 more miles,
a ½
days journey.
If LakeSirbonis is
the
ReedSea, that
would
make BitterLake, Marah
If the
Reed Sea is the Gulf of Suez, and
they traveled 10 miles a day after
going throw the Reed Sea.
