Exodus 15:1 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 15:1

Then 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.

BSB

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ASV

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

KJV

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

With the deliverance of Israel is associated the development of the national poetry, which finds its first and perfect expression in this magnificent hymn. It was sung by Moses and the people, an expression which evidently points to him as the author. That it was written at the time is an assertion expressly made in the text, and it is supported by the strongest internal evidence.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They expressed their joy in God, and thankfulness to him, by singing; it is almost natural to us thus to give vent to our joy and the exultations of our spirit. By this instance it appears that the singing of psalms, as an act of religious worship, was used in the church of Christ before the giving of the ceremonial law, and therefore was no part of it, nor abolished with it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1867: “Untitled Sermon” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1885)

THIS is the first song unto the Lord which is recorded in Holy Scripture. In Jacob's blessing of his children there are verses which may be regarded as songs, but they are mere fragments and can scarcely be said to be sung unto the Lord. There are other couplets in the Book of Genesis, but this is the first connected song upon record. I should think that Abraham often sang unto the Lord, but we have no record of it.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָ֣ז	'az	then	H227 →
יָשִֽׁיר־	ya.shir-	he sang	H7891 →
מֹשֶׁה֩	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
וּבְנֵ֨י	u.ve.Nei	and [the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַשִּׁירָ֤ה	ha.shi.Rah	the song	H7892 →
הַזֹּאת֙	ha.zoT	<the> this	H2063 →
לַֽיהוָ֔ה	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
אָשִׁ֤ירָה	'a.Shi.rah	I will sing	H7891 →
לַֽיהוָה֙	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
גָאֹ֣ה	ga.'Oh	certainly <to exalted>	H1342 →
גָּאָ֔ה	ga.'Ah	he is exalted	H1342 →
ס֥וּס	sus	[the] horse	H5483 →
וְרֹכְב֖וֹ	ve.ro.khe.Vo	and rider its	H7392 →
רָמָ֥ה	ra.Mah	he has thrown	H7411 →
בַיָּֽם׃	vai.Yam	in the sea	H3220 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 15:3
and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
leads to
- Psalms 111:2
  Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
- Exodus 15:1–18
  Then 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.
- Psalms 139:14
  I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
- Revelation 5:9–13
  And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and…
- Psalms 145:17
  The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
Through
Psalms 106:12
Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
leads to
- Exodus 14:31
  When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
Through
Exodus 15:21
And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
leads to
- Revelation 15:3
  and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Revelation 7:10–12
  And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Exodus

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Exodus