The song of Moses and Miriam. ‘I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.’ The first song of the Bible is a song of redemption. It names the LORD a man of war; remembers the drowned horsemen; looks forward to the trembling of Edom, Moab, and Canaan; and closes with ‘the LORD shall reign for ever and ever’. Miriam and the women dance with timbrels. Then the march inland. At Marah the bitter waters are made sweet by a tree. At Elim twelve wells and seventy palms. The song of Revelation 15:3 calls itself ‘the song of Moses, the servant of God’.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Law · Moses — Exodus overview

A. 1–12 The Lord Is a Man of War
B. 13–18 The Lord Shall Reign Forever
C. 19–21 Miriam's Timbrel and Dance
D. 22–27 Bitter Water Made Sweet at Marah

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Exodus 146 verses
- Exodus 14:5When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
- Exodus 14:11They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
- Exodus 14:14The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
- Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
- Exodus 14:22and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
- Exodus 14:28The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
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Exodus 154 verses
- Exodus 15:1Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
- Exodus 15:6Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
- Exodus 15:10But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
- Exodus 15:21And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
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Joshua 22 verses
- Joshua 2:9and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.
- Joshua 2:11When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
- Read Joshua 2 →
Psalms 1182 verses
- Psalms 118:14The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
- Psalms 118:15Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!
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Psalms 782 verses
- Psalms 78:13He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
- Psalms 78:54He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.
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Psalms 772 verses
- Psalms 77:14You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples.
- Psalms 77:20You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
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Revelation 72 verses
- Revelation 7:10And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- Revelation 7:17For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
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Numbers 332 verses
- Numbers 33:8They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.
- Numbers 33:9They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.