Exodus 15:1-12

The Song of Moses and Miriam

1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea.

2 “The LORD is my strength and my defense^[a] ; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

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

4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his army he has hurled into the sea. The best of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea.^[b]

5 The deep waters have covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone.

6 Your right hand, LORD, was majestic in power. Your right hand, LORD, shattered the enemy.

7 “In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble.

8 By the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up. The surging waters stood up like a wall; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.

9 The enemy boasted, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them.’

10 But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

11 Who among the gods is like you, LORD? Who is like you— majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?

12 “You stretch out your right hand, and the earth swallows your enemies.

Read Chapter Compare

Images for Exodus 15:1-12

Exodus 15:1-12 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

What Is the Song of Moses in the Bible? Joel Ryan

Cross References 30

1. Numbers 21:17; Judges 5:1; 2 Samuel 22:1; 1 Chronicles 16:9; Job 36:24; Psalms 59:16; Psalms 105:2; Revelation 15:3
2. Judges 5:3; Psalms 13:6; Psalms 21:13; Psalms 27:6; Psalms 61:8; Psalms 104:33; Psalms 106:12; Isaiah 12:5,6; Isaiah 42:10; Isaiah 44:23
3. Deuteronomy 11:4; Psalms 76:6; Jeremiah 51:21
4. S Exodus 14:27
5. Psalms 18:1; Psalms 59:17
6. S Genesis 45:7; Exodus 14:13; Psalms 18:2,46; Psalms 25:5; Psalms 27:1; Psalms 62:2; Psalms 118:14; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 33:2; John 2:9; Habakkuk 3:18
7. S Genesis 28:21
8. Ex 3:6,15-16; Deuteronomy 10:21; 2 Samuel 22:47; Psalms 22:3; Psalms 30:1; Psalms 34:3; Psalms 35:27; Psalms 99:5; Psalms 103:19; Psalms 107:32; Psalms 108:5; Psalms 109:1; Psalms 118:28; Psalms 145:11; Psalms 148:14; Isaiah 24:15; Isaiah 25:1; Jeremiah 17:14; Daniel 4:37
9. S Exodus 14:14; Psalms 24:8; Revelation 19:11
10. S Exodus 3:15; Ex 6:2-3,7-8; Psalms 83:18
11. Exodus 14:6-7; Jeremiah 51:21
12. S Exodus 14:28
13. ver 10; Nehemiah 9:11
14. Psalms 16:11; Psalms 17:7; Psalms 21:8; Psalms 63:8; Psalms 74:11; Psalms 77:10; Psalms 89:13; Psalms 98:1; Psalms 118:15; Psalms 138:7
15. S Exodus 3:20; S Job 40:14
16. Numbers 24:8; 1 Samuel 2:10; Psalms 2:9
17. Deuteronomy 33:26; Psalms 150:2
18. Psalms 2:5; Psalms 78:49-50; Jeremiah 12:13; Jeremiah 25:38
19. Exodus 24:17; Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 9:3; Psalms 18:8; Psalms 59:13; Hebrews 12:29
20. S Exodus 14:21; Psalms 18:15
21. Joshua 3:13; Psalms 78:13; Isaiah 43:16
22. S Exodus 14:22
23. Psalms 46:2
24. Exodus 14:5-9; Deuteronomy 28:45; Psalms 7:5; Lamentations 1:3
25. Judges 5:30; Isaiah 9:3; Isaiah 53:12; Luke 11:22
26. Job 4:9; Job 15:30; Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 30:33; Isaiah 40:7
27. ver 5; Exodus 14:27-28; Nehemiah 9:11; Psalms 29:3; Psalms 32:6; Psalms 77:19
28. S Exodus 8:10; Deuteronomy 3:24; Psalms 77:13; S Isaiah 46:5
29. S Exodus 7:5
30. Numbers 16:32; Numbers 26:10; Deuteronomy 11:6; Psalms 106:17

Footnotes 2

[a]. Or "song"
[b]. Or "the Sea of Reeds" ; also in verse 22