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21 Miriam sang for them:

“Sing to the Lord, because he has won a glorious victory;
    he has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.”

Bitter Water

22 Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea into the desert of Shur. For three days they walked through the desert, but found no water. 23 Then they came to a place called Marah, but the water there was so bitter that they could not drink it. That is why it was named Marah.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 15:23 This name in Hebrew means “bitter.”

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