20. Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her, with tambourines and dancing.
21. Miriam sang to them:‘Sing to the Lord,for he is highly exalted.Both horse and driverhe has hurled into the sea.’
22. Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they travelled in the desert without finding water.
23. When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.)