Musa menyuruh orang Israel berangkat dari Laut Teberau, lalu mereka pergi ke padang gurun Syur; tiga hari lamanya mereka berjalan di padang gurun itu dengan tidak mendapat air. Sampailah mereka ke Mara, tetapi mereka tidak dapat meminum air yang di Mara itu, karena pahit rasanya. Itulah sebabnya dinamai orang tempat itu Mara. Lalu bersungut-sungutlah bangsa itu kepada Musa, kata mereka: "Apakah yang akan kami minum?" Musa berseru-seru kepada TUHAN, dan TUHAN menunjukkan kepadanya sepotong kayu; Musa melemparkan kayu itu ke dalam air; lalu air itu menjadi manis. Di sanalah diberikan TUHAN ketetapan-ketetapan dan peraturan-peraturan kepada mereka dan di sanalah TUHAN mencoba mereka,... Sesudah itu sampailah mereka di Elim; di sana ada dua belas mata air dan tujuh puluh pohon korma, lalu berkemahlah mereka di sana di tepi air itu. (So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. And 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. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,... And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters. Exodus 15:22-25,27)

Dan mereka yang ditentukan-Nya dari semula, mereka itu juga dipanggil-Nya. Dan mereka yang dipanggil-Nya, mereka itu juga dibenarkan-Nya. Dan mereka yang dibenarkan-Nya, mereka itu juga dimuliakan-Nya. (Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. Romans 8:30)