Exodus 15:1

Then sang Mosheh and the children of Israel this hymn before the Lord; and they spake, saying, We will sing and give thanks before the Lord, because He is magnified upon the mighty, and the power is His own; the horse and his rider hath He cast into the sea.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

In Context

2My strength and my song is the terrible Lord; He hath said by His Word that He will be mine to redeem This is my God, and I will build Him a sanctuary; the God of my fathers, and I will worship before Him.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:17And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Mizraee, and they will go in after them; and I will be glorified by Pharoh and by all his army, by his chariots and his horsemen;

Exodus 14:27And Mosheh stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned, at the time of the morning, unto its strength; and the Mizraee fled before it; and the Lord drowned the Mizraee in the midst of the sea.

Exodus 18:11Now know I that the Lord is great, and that there is no God but He for by the thing by which the Mizraee had thought to punish (judge) Israel, they themselves are punished.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 15:1

In this chapter, I. Israel looks back upon Egypt with a song of praise for their deliverance. Here is, 1. The song itself, ver. 1-19 . 2. The solemn singing of it, ver. 20, 21 . II. Israel marches forward in the wilderness ( ver. 22 ), and there, 1. Their discontent at the waters of Marah ( ver. 23, 24 ), and the relief granted them, ver. 25, 26 . 2. Their satisfaction in the waters of Elim, ver. 27 . Read the whole commentary →

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