Exodus 15

The Song of Moses and Israel

11Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the Lord, 2saying: “34I will sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted; 5The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.267The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; 8This is my God, and I will praise Him; 9My father’s God, and I will 10exalt Him.311The Lord is a warrior; 1213The Lord is His name.414Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has thrown into the sea; And the choicest of his officers are 15drowned in the 16Red Sea.5The waters cover them; 17They went down into the depths like a stone.618Your right hand, Lord, is majestic in power; 19Your right hand, Lord, destroys the enemy.7And in the greatness of Your 20excellence You 21overthrow those who rise up against You; 22You send out Your burning anger, and it 23consumes them like chaff.824At the blast of Your nostrils the waters were piled up, 25The flowing waters stood up like a heap; The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.926The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will 27divide the spoils; 28I shall 29be satisfied against them; I will draw my sword, my hand will 30destroy them.’1031You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; 32They sank like lead in the mighty waters.1133Who is like You among the gods, Lord? Who is like You, 34majestic in holiness, 35Awesome in praises, 36working wonders?1237You reached out with Your right hand, The earth swallowed them.13In Your 38faithfulness You have 39led the people whom You have 40redeemed; In Your strength You have guided them 41to Your holy habitation.1442The peoples have heard, they tremble; Anguish has gripped the inhabitants of Philistia.15Then the 43chiefs of Edom were terrified; 44The leaders of Moab, trembling grips them; 45All the inhabitants of Canaan have despaired.1646Terror and dread fall upon them; 47By the greatness of Your arm they are motionless as stone, Until Your people pass over, Lord, Until the people pass over whom You 48have purchased.1749You will bring them and 50plant them in 51the mountain of Your inheritance, 52The place, Lord, which You have made as Your dwelling, 53The sanctuary, Lord, which Your hands have established.1854The Lord shall reign forever and ever.”

1955For 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 56dry land through the midst of the sea.

2057Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the 58tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with 5960dancing. 21And Miriam answered them, “61Sing to the Lord, for He 62is highly exalted; The horse and his rider He has hurled into the sea.”

The Lord Provides Water

2263Then Moses 64led Israel from the 65Red Sea, and they went out into 66the wilderness of 67Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23When they came to 68Marah, they could not drink the waters 69of Marah, because they were 70bitter; for that reason it was named 71Marah. 24So the people 72grumbled at Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?” 25Then he 73cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him 74a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet.

There He 75made for them a statute and regulation, and there He 76tested them. 26And He said, “77If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen 78to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, 79I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, 80the Lord, am your healer.”

27Then they came to 81Elim where there were twelve springs of water and seventy date palms, and they camped there beside the waters.