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Exodus 15 :: New International Version (NIV)

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The Song of Moses and Miriam

(Exo 14:13, 14; Psa 78:12–14 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:1 - Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:2 - “The LORD is my strength and my defense[fn]; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:3 - The LORD is a warrior; the LORD is his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:4 - Pharaoh’s chariots and his army he has hurled into the sea. The best of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:5 - The deep waters have covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:6 - Your right hand, LORD, was majestic in power. Your right hand, LORD, shattered the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:7 - “In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:8 - By the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up. The surging waters stood up like a wall; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9 - The enemy boasted, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:10 - But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:11 - Who among the gods is like you, LORD? Who is like you— majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:12 - “You stretch out your right hand, and the earth swallows your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:13 - In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:14 - The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the people of Philistia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:15 - The chiefs of Edom will be terrified, the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling, the people[fn] of Canaan will melt away;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:16 - terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of your arm they will be as still as a stone— until your people pass by, LORD, until the people you bought[fn] pass by.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:17 - You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of your inheritance— the place, LORD, you made for your dwelling, the sanctuary, Lord, your hands established.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:18 - “The LORD reigns for ever and ever.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:19 - When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen[fn] went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.
(Num 26:59 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20 - Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:21 - Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea.”

The Waters of Marah and Elim

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 - Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:23 - When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.[fn])

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:24 - So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:25 - Then Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink. There the LORD issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - He said, “If you listen carefully to the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:27 - Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water.
See the NIV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NIV Footnotes
Or song
Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 22
Or rulers
Or created
Or charioteers
Marah means bitter.
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