Exodus 15:14-16

14 1The peoples have heard; they tremble; pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 Now are the chiefs of Edom 2dismayed; trembling seizes the leaders of 3Moab; 4all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
16 Terror and 5dread fall upon them; because of the greatness of your arm, they are still 6as a stone, till your people, O LORD, pass by, till the people pass by whom 7you have purchased.

Exodus 15:14-16 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 7

  • 1. Numbers 14:14; Deuteronomy 2:25; Joshua 2:9, 10; Joshua 9:24
  • 2. [Deuteronomy 2:4]
  • 3. Numbers 22:3
  • 4. Josh. 2:9, 11, 24; Joshua 5:1
  • 5. Deuteronomy 2:25; Deuteronomy 11:25
  • 6. 1 Samuel 25:37
  • 7. Psalms 74:2; [1 Peter 2:9]
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