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Exodus, Chapter 15

1 Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the LORD,a Lit and said, sayingand said,
b Or Let me singI will sing to the LORD, for Hec Or triumphed gloriouslyis highly exalted;
The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.
 2 “d Heb YahThe LORD is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation;
This is my God, and I will praise Him;
My father’s God, and I will extol Him.
 3 “The LORD is a warrior;
e Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordThe LORD is His name.
 4 “Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
And the choicest of his officers aref Lit sunkdrowned in theg Lit Sea of ReedsRed Sea.
 5 “The deeps cover them;
They went down into the depths like a stone.
 6 “Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power,
Your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy.
 7 “And in the greatness of Yourh Or exaltationexcellence You overthrow those who rise up against You;
You send forth Your burning anger, and it consumes them as chaff.
 8 “At the blast of Your nostrils the waters were piled up,
The flowing waters stood up like a heap;
The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
 9 “The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
Myi Lit souldesire shall bej Lit be filled with themgratified against them;
I will draw out my sword, my hand willk Or dispossess, bring to ruindestroy them.’
 10 “You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them;
They sank like lead in thel Or majesticmighty waters.
 11 “Who is like You among the gods, O LORD?
Who is like You, majestic in holiness,
Awesome in praises, working wonders?
 12 “You stretched out Your right hand,
The earth swallowed them.
 13 “In Your lovingkindness You have led the people whom You have redeemed;
In Your strength You have guided them to Your holy habitation.
 14 “The peoples have heard, they tremble;
Anguish has gripped the inhabitants of Philistia.
 15 “Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed;
The leaders of Moab, trembling grips them;
All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
 16 “Terror and dread fall upon them;
By the greatness of Your arm they are motionless as stone;
Until Your people pass over, O LORD,
Until the people pass over whom You have purchased.
 17 “You will bring them and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance,
The place, O LORD, which You have made for Your dwelling,
The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.
 18 “The LORD shall reign forever and ever.”
19 For the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea on them, but the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea.
20 Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and withm Lit dancesdancing. 21 Miriam answered them,
“Sing to the LORD, for Hen Or has triumphed gloriouslyis highly exalted;
The horse and his rider He has hurled into the sea.”
22 Then Moseso Lit caused Israel to journeyled Israel from thep Lit Sea of ReedsRed Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink the watersq Lit fromof Marah, for they werer Heb Marimbitter; therefore it was nameds I.e. bitternessMarah. 24 So the people grumbled at Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 Then he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet.
There He made for them a statute and regulation, and there He tested them.
 26 And He said, “If you will give earnest heed to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the LORD, am your healer.”
27 Then they came to Elim where there were twelve springs of water and seventy date palms, and they camped there beside the waters.

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