Exodus 15:3-10

3 The LORD is 1a man of war; 2the LORD is his name.
4 3"Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea, and his chosen 4officers were sunk in the Red Sea.
5 The 5floods covered them; they 6went down into the depths like a stone.
6 7Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, your right hand, O LORD, 8shatters the enemy.
7 In the 9greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries; you send out your fury; it 10consumes them like stubble.
8 At the 11blast of your nostrils the waters piled up; the 12floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy said, 13'I will pursue, I will overtake, I 14will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.'
10 You 15blew with your wind; the 16sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Exodus 15:3-10 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 16

  • 1. Psalms 24:8; Revelation 19:11
  • 2. Exodus 3:15; Exodus 6:3; Psalms 83:18; Isaiah 42:8; Malachi 3:6
  • 3. Exodus 14:28
  • 4. Exodus 14:7
  • 5. ver. 10; Exodus 14:28
  • 6. Nehemiah 9:11
  • 7. ver. 12; Psalms 118:15, 16; Isaiah 51:9
  • 8. Psalms 2:9; Revelation 2:27
  • 9. Deuteronomy 33:26
  • 10. [Isaiah 5:24; Isaiah 47:14; Malachi 4:1]
  • 11. Exodus 14:21, 22; 2 Samuel 22:16; Job 4:9; Psalms 18:15; [2 Thessalonians 2:8]
  • 12. Psalms 78:13; [Joshua 3:16; Habakkuk 3:10]
  • 13. Exodus 14:9
  • 14. Genesis 49:27; Judges 5:30; Isaiah 53:12; Luke 11:22
  • 15. Exodus 14:21; [Isaiah 11:15; Isaiah 40:24]
  • 16. ver. 5; Exodus 14:28
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