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id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/14.htm" title="Exodus 14">◄</a> Exodus 15 <a href="../exodus/16.htm" title="Exodus 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/exodus/15.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Song of Moses</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Moses and the Israelis sang this song to the LORD:</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“I’ll sing to the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">for he is highly exalted.</p> <p class="poetry2">The horse and its rider</p> <p class="poetry2">he has thrown into the sea.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The LORD is my strength and song,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:2 Some mss. read my song">a</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and he has become my salvation.</p> <p class="poetry2">This is my God and I’ll praise him,</p> <p class="poetry2">the God of my father and I’ll exalt him.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The LORD is a man of war,</p> <p class="poetry2">the LORD is his name!</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Pharaoh’s chariots and his army</p> <p class="poetry2">he has hurled into the sea;</p> <p class="poetry2">his best officers sank in the Reed<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:4 So MT; LXX reads Red">b</a></span> Sea.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The deep covered them,</p> <p class="poetry2">they went down into the depths like a rock.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Your right hand, LORD, was majestic in strength,</p> <p class="poetry2">your right hand, LORD, shattered the enemy.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>In the greatness of your majesty</p> <p class="poetry2">you broke down your enemies.</p> <p class="poetry2">You sent forth your anger,</p> <p class="poetry2">it consumed them like stubble.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>By the breath<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:8 Or wind">c</a></span> of your nostrils</p> <p class="poetry2">the waters were piled up,</p> <p class="poetry2">the flowing waters stood up like a hill,</p> <p class="poetry2">the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“The enemy said, ‘I’ll pursue them,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:9 The Heb. lacks them">d</a></span> I’ll overtake them,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:9 The Heb. lacks them">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">I’ll divide the spoil.</p> <p class="poetry2">I’ll satisfy my anger<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:9 Lit. my soul">f</a></span> on them,</p> <p class="poetry2">I’ll draw my sword,</p> <p class="poetry2">and my hand will bring them to ruin.’</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“You blew with your breath,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:10 Or wind">g</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and the sea covered them;</p> <p class="poetry2">they sank like lead in the mighty water.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Who is like you among the gods, LORD?</p> <p class="poetry2">Who is like you, majestic in holiness,</p> <p class="poetry2">awesome in splendor,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:11 i.e. in acts deserving of praise">h</a></span> and working wonders?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You stretched out your right hand,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the earth swallowed them.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“You have led with your gracious love</p> <p class="poetry2">this people whom you redeemed.</p> <p class="poetry2">You have guided them with your strength</p> <p class="poetry2">to your holy dwelling.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“The people heard and they quaked,</p> <p class="poetry2">anguish<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:14 Lit. writhing">i</a></span> has seized the inhabitants of Philistia.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then the chiefs of Edom were terrified,</p> <p class="poetry2">the nobles of Moab trembled uncontrollably,</p> <p class="poetry2">and all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Dread and fear have fallen on them,</p> <p class="poetry2">because of the strength<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:16 Lit. greatness">j</a></span> of your arm.</p> <p class="poetry2">They have become silent as a stone,</p> <p class="poetry2">until your people pass by, LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">until this people you acquired pass by.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“You will bring them in and plant them</p> <p class="poetry2">on the mountain of your inheritance.</p> <p class="poetry2">You have made a place where you will reside, LORD.</p> <p class="poetry2">Your own hands have established a sanctuary, LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1 marginbot"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The LORD will reign forever and ever.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen went into the sea, the LORD caused the waters of the sea to come back over them, but the Israelis walked through the middle of the sea on dry land.</p> <p class="heading">The Song of Miriam</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand and went out with all the women behind her with tambourines and dancing. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Miriam sang to them,</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“Sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted!</p> <p class="poetry2">The horse and its rider</p> <p class="poetry2">he has thrown into the sea.”</p> <p class="heading">God Provides Water for the People</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Moses led Israel from the Reed<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:22 So MT; LXX reads Red">k</a></span> Sea and they went to the desert of Shur. They traveled into the desert for three days and did not find water. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water at Marah because it was bitter. (That is why it’s called<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:23 Lit. why one calls its name">l</a></span> Marah.)<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:23 Marah means bitter in Heb.">m</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then the people complained against Moses: “What are we to drink?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Moses<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:25 Lit. He">n</a></span> cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree, which he threw into the water, and the water became sweet.</p> <p class="reg">There the LORD<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:25 Lit. he">o</a></span> presented to them a statute and an ordinance, and there he tested them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He said, “If you will carefully obey the LORD your God, do what he sees to be right, listen to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then I won’t inflict on you all the diseases that I inflicted on the Egyptians, because I am the LORD your healer.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then they came to Elim where there were twelve springs of water and 70 palm trees, and they camped there by the water.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 15:2 Some mss. read <i>my song</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 15:4 So MT; LXX reads <i>Red</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 15:8 Or <i>wind</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 15:9 The Heb. lacks <i>them</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 15:9 The Heb. lacks <i>them</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 15:9 Lit. <i>my soul</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 15:10 Or <i>wind</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 15:11 i.e. in acts deserving of praise<br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 15:14 Lit. <i>writhing</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 15:16 Lit. <i>greatness</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 15:22 So MT; LXX reads <i>Red</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 15:23 Lit. <i>why one calls its name</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 15:23<i>Marah</i> means <i>bitter</i> in Heb.<br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 15:25 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 15:25 Lit. <i>he</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../exodus/14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Exodus 14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Exodus 14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../exodus/16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Exodus 16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Exodus 16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/exodus/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- Bible Hub Responsive 2 --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- Bible Hub Responsive 2 --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>