Exodus 15:23-25
15:23 Then they came to Marah,
but they were not able to drink
the waters of Marah, because
they were bitter.
(That is
why its name was
Marah.)
15:24 So the people murmured against Moses, saying, “What can we drink?”
15:25 He cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When Moses threw it into the water, the water became safe to drink. There the Lord made for them a binding ordinance, and there he tested them.