Library Theodoret Questions on Exodus
Questions on Exodus 26: The wood that sweetened the water at Marah
What sort of wood was it that sweetened the water at Marah?
It is superfluous and senseless to inquire into things that have been left silent. It is enough for us to learn that through the wood the bitter water was changed into a sweet quality. For this also foreshadows our salvation: the saving wood of the cross sweetened the bitter sea of the nations.
Greek: Theodoret of Cyrus, Quaestiones in Octateuchum / Questions on Exodus (CPG 6200.02; cf. Fernández Marcos and Sáenz-Badillos; also PG 80, cols. 225–298). English: study translation for BWAB Library—not the copyrighted Robert C. Hill (CUA Press) translation. The full Questions on Exodus (72 questions) is hosted here.