“The passage records an ancient episode, when the children of Israel "walked three days in the desert of Shur and did not find water. They arrived" finally "at Marah, but they could not drink the waters of Marah, because they were bitter." But the Lord "pointed out a piece of wood" to Moses, and when he "threw it into…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — ON ECCLESIASTICUS 8:13
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5Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?
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3The skill of the physician shall lift up his head: and in the sight of great men he shall be in admiration.
4The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them.
— Sirach 38:5 —
6And he hath given men skill, that he might be honoured in his marvellous works.
7With such doth he heal men, and taketh away their pains.