Exodus 15

Israel’s Song

15Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord. They said:

I will sing to the Lord,

for He is highly exalted;

He has thrown the horse

and its rider into the sea.

²The Lord is my strength and my song; ^o

He has become my salvation. ^p

This is my God, and I will praise Him,

my father’s God, and I will exalt Him. ^q

³The Lord is a warrior; ^r

Yahweh is His name. ^s

⁴He threw Pharaoh’s chariots

and his army into the sea;

the elite of his officers

were drowned in the Red Sea. ^t

⁵The floods covered them;

they sank to the depths like a stone. ^u

⁶Lord, Your right hand is glorious in power.

Lord, Your right hand shattered the enemy. ^v

⁷You overthrew Your adversaries

by Your great majesty.

You unleashed Your burning wrath;

it consumed them like stubble. ^w

⁸The waters heaped up ^xat the blast of Your nostrils;

the currents stood firm like a dam.

The watery depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

⁹The enemy said:

“I will pursue, I will overtake,

I will divide the spoil. ^y

My desire will be gratified at their expense.

I will draw my sword;

my hand will destroy ^zthem.”

¹⁰But You blew with Your breath,

and the sea covered them.

They sank like lead

in the mighty waters.

¹¹Lord, who is like You among the gods?

Who is like You, glorious in holiness, ^a

revered with praises, performing wonders? ^b

¹²You stretched out Your right hand,

and the earth swallowed them.

¹³You will lead the people

You have redeemed

with Your faithful love;

You will guide them to Your holy dwelling

with Your strength. ^c

¹⁴When the peoples hear, they will shudder;

anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia.

¹⁵Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified; ^d

trembling will seize the leaders of Moab;

the inhabitants of Canaan will panic;

¹⁶and terror ^eand dread will fall on them.

They will be as still ^fas a stone

because of Your powerful arm

until Your people pass by, Lord,

until the people whom You purchased ^gpass by. ^h

¹⁷You will bring them in and plant them

on the mountain of Your possession; ⁱ

Lord, You have prepared the place

for Your dwelling;

Lord, ^jYour hands have established the sanctuary.

¹⁸The Lord will reign ^kforever and ever!

¹⁹When Pharaoh’s horses with his chariots and horsemen 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. ²⁰Then Miriam the prophetess, ^lAaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with their tambourines and danced. ^m21Miriam sang to them:

Sing to the Lord,

for He is highly exalted;

He has thrown the horse

and its rider into the sea.

Water Provided

²²Then Moses led Israel on from the Red Sea, and they went out to the Wilderness of Shur. They journeyed for three days in the wilderness without finding water. ²³They came to Marah, but they could not drink the water at Marah because it was bitter—that is why it was named Marah. ⁿ²⁴The people grumbled to Moses, “What are we going to drink?” ^o25So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When he threw it into the water, the water became drinkable.

He made a statute and ordinance for them at Marah and He tested them there. ^p26He said, “If you will carefully obey the Lord your God, do what is right in His eyes, pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, I will not inflict any illnesses on you that I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am Yahweh who heals you.” ^q

²⁷Then they came to Elim, where there were 12 springs of water and 70 date palms, and they camped there by the waters.