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Biblical place

Where was Marah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Ain Hawarah.

First appears in Exodus 15:23 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

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.

Marah is represented in the local geography layer as Ain Hawarah. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Exodus 15:23 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 5 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Mount Sinai

About 135 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Egypt

About 180 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 340 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 348 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 348 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Marah today

Travel to Marah, the modern-day Ain Hawarah.

Marah is commonly identified with Ain Hawarah, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Marah is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Ain Hawarah

29.346°N · 32.943°E

Key passages

Appears in

Exodus

1 chapter · 3 verse mentions

Numbers

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions