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.
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About 348 km away in the local coordinate layer.
Where it sits on the map
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.