Exodus 15:15-16

15 The chiefs of Edom will be terrified, the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling, the people[a] of Canaan will melt away;
16 terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of your arm they will be as still as a stone— until your people pass by, LORD, until the people you bought[b] pass by.

Exodus 15:15-16 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 8

  • 1. S Genesis 36:15
  • 2. Deuteronomy 2:4
  • 3. Numbers 22:3; Psalms 114:7
  • 4. Joshua 2:9,24; Joshua 5:1
  • 5. S ver 14; S Genesis 35:5; Exodus 23:27; Joshua 2:9
  • 6. 1 Samuel 25:37
  • 7. Psalms 74:2; 2 Peter 2:1
  • 8. Deuteronomy 2:4

Footnotes 2

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