Exodus 15 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

The Song of Moses

(Ex. 14:13, 14; Ps. 78:12–14 )

Exo 15:1Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and spoke, saying:

“I will sing to the LORD,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!

Exo 15:2

Exo 15:2The LORD is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and I will praise Him;
My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

Exo 15:3

Exo 15:3The LORD is a man of war;
The LORD is His name.

Exo 15:4

Exo 15:4Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.

Exo 15:5

Exo 15:5The depths have covered them;
They sank to the bottom like a stone.

Exo 15:6

Exo 15:6“Your right hand, O LORD, has become glorious in power;
Your right hand, O LORD, has dashed the enemy in pieces.

Exo 15:7

Exo 15:7And in the greatness of Your excellence
You have overthrown those who rose against You;
You sent forth Your wrath;
It consumed them like stubble.

Exo 15:8

Exo 15:8And with the blast of Your nostrils
The waters were gathered together;
The floods stood upright like a heap;
The depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

Exo 15:9

Exo 15:9The enemy said, ‘I will pursue,
I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword,
My hand shall destroy them.’

Exo 15:10

Exo 15:10You blew with Your wind,
The sea covered them;
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Exo 15:11

Exo 15:11“Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods?
Who is like You, glorious in holiness,
Fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Exo 15:12

Exo 15:12You stretched out Your right hand;
The earth swallowed them.

Exo 15:13

Exo 15:13You in Your mercy have led forth
The people whom You have redeemed;
You have guided them in Your strength
To Your holy habitation.

Exo 15:14

Exo 15:14“The people will hear and be afraid;
Sorrow will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.

Exo 15:15

Exo 15:15Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed;
The mighty men of Moab,
Trembling will take hold of them;
All the inhabitants of Canaan will melt away.

Exo 15:16

Exo 15:16Fear and dread will fall on them;
By the greatness of Your arm
They will be as still as a stone,
Till Your people pass over, O LORD,
Till the people pass over
Whom You have purchased.

Exo 15:17

Exo 15:17You will bring them in and plant them
In the mountain of Your inheritance,
In the place, O LORD, which You have made
For Your own dwelling,
The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.

Exo 15:18

Exo 15:18“The LORD shall reign forever and ever.”

Exo 15:19

Exo 15:19For the horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

The Song of Miriam

(Num. 26:59 )

Exo 15:20

Exo 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Exo 15:21

Exo 15:21And Miriam answered them:

“Sing to the LORD,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!”

Bitter Waters Made Sweet

Exo 15:22

Exo 15:22So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.

Exo 15:23

Exo 15:23Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah.[fn]

Exo 15:24

Exo 15:24And the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”

Exo 15:25

Exo 15:25So he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet. There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them,

Exo 15:26

Exo 15:26and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

Exo 15:27

Exo 15:27Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters.

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(15:23)

Literally Bitter

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