Exodus 15:24 (WEB)
The people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“…fare), but caused meal to be brought, and casting it in, sweetened the bitter mess with spiritual strength as Moses had once sweetened the waters of Mara.” — editor's note: Exod. xv. 23–25.
Read the whole comment“As wood sweetens Marah so that seventy palm-trees are watered by its streams, so the cross makes the waters of the law lifegiving to the seventy who are Christ’s apostles.” — editor's note: Exod. xv. 23–27; Luke x. i.
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Tertullian
“Again, water is restored from its defect of “bitterness” to its native grace of “sweetness” by the tree of Moses.” — editor's note: See Ex. xv. 24, 25.
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