23. 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.
24. So the people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”
25. And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When he had thrown it into the waters, the waters were made sweet.There He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them.
26. He said, “If you diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will not afflict you with any of the diseases with which I have afflicted the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”
27. Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.