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Exodus 15:23-24. The water is bitter. Beside a small barren desert pool, a Hebrew man lowers a clay cup with a disappointed grimace after tasting bitter water while another turns anxiously toward Moses. Thirsty families wait. Sparse scrub, no date palms, no Elim oasis, no poisonous green glow. Bronze Age Exodus setting, not first-century staging. One 16:9 single scene. No text or lettering. — Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Exodus 15:23-24

The water is bitter

I will sing to Yahweh · Exodus 15

Story guide: At Marah the people cannot drink the bitter water and ask Moses what they will drink.

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23Then they came to Marah, but they could not drink the water from Marah because it was bitter. Therefore it was named Marah.

24And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”

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