Exodus 15:1-7

1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: ¹ "I will sing to the Lord, because he has won a glorious victory; he has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.

2 The Lord is my strong defender; ² he is the one who has saved me. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will sing about his greatness.

3 The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name.

4 "He threw Egypt's army and its chariots into the sea; the best of its officers were drowned in the Red Sea.

5 The deep sea covered them; they sank to the bottom like a stone.

6 "Your right hand, Lord, is awesome in power; it breaks the enemy in pieces.

7 In majestic triumph you overthrow your foes; your anger blazes out and burns them up like straw.

Exodus 15:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 15

This chapter contains the song of Moses, and of the children of Israel, on the banks of the Red sea; in which they celebrate their passage through it, the destruction of Pharaoh and his host in it, and the glory of the divine perfections displayed therein, interspersed with prophetic hints of things future, Ex 15:1-19 which same song was sung by the women, with Miriam at the head of them, attended with timbrels and dances, Ex 15:20,21, an account is given of the march of the children of Israel from the Red sea to the wilderness of Shur, and of the bitter waters found at Marah, which occasioned a murmuring, and of their being made sweet by casting a tree into them, Ex 15:22-25 when they were told by the Lord, that if they would yield obedience to his commandments, they should be free from the diseases the Egyptians had been afflicted with, Ex 15:26, and the chapter is concluded with their coming to Elim, where they found twelve wells of water, and seventy palm trees, and there encamped, Ex 15:27.

Cross References

• 1. 15.1Revelation 15.3.
• 2. 15.2Psalms 118.14;Isaiah 12.2.