Exodus 15:19-21

19 For when 1the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, 2the LORD brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea.
20 Then 3Miriam 4the prophetess, the 5sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and 6all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.
21 And Miriam sang to them: 7"Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea."

Exodus 15:19-21 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. Exodus 14:23
  • 2. Exodus 14:28, 29
  • 3. Micah 6:4
  • 4. [Judges 4:4; 2 Kings 22:14; Nehemiah 6:14; Luke 2:36]
  • 5. Exodus 2:4; Numbers 26:59
  • 6. Judges 11:34; 1 Samuel 18:6; Psalms 68:25; Psalms 149:3; Psalms 150:4
  • 7. ver. 1
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