Exodus 15
1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled horse and rider into the sea.
2 The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; the God of my father, and I will exalt him.
3 The LORD is a warrior; the LORD is his name.
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his army he hurled into the sea; the finest of his officers sank in the Sea of Reeds.
5 The depths covered them; they sank into the deep like a stone.
6 Your right hand, LORD, is glorious in power; your right hand, LORD, shatters the enemy.
7 In the greatness of your majesty you overthrow those who rise against you; you send out your fury, and it consumes them like stubble.
8 At the breath of your nostrils the waters piled up; the currents stood like a wall; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; I will satisfy myself with them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
10 You blew with your wind, and the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 Who is like you among the gods, LORD? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in praise, working wonders?
12 You stretched out your right hand, and the earth swallowed them.
13 In your steadfast love you led the people you redeemed; in your strength you guided them to your holy dwelling.
14 The peoples heard and trembled; anguish seized the inhabitants of Philistia.”
15 “Then the chiefs of Edom were terrified; trembling seized the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.
16 Let terror and dread fall upon them; by the greatness of your arm let them be still as stone, until your people pass by, LORD, until the people you acquired pass by.
17 You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of your inheritance, the place you prepared for your dwelling, LORD; the sanctuary, Lord, established by your hands.
18 The LORD will reign forever and ever.”
19 For Pharaoh’s horses, with his chariots and horsemen, entered the sea, and the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them; but the Israelites walked on dry ground through the sea.
20 Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.
21 And Miriam answered them: “Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled horse and rider into the sea.”
22 Moses led Israel away from the Sea of Reeds, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur. They traveled three days in the wilderness and found no water.
23 They came to Marah, but they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; that is why the place was named Marah.
24 The people grumbled against Moses: “What are we going to drink?”
25 He cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the LORD gave the people a decree and a rule, and there he tested them.
26 He said, “If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes; if you heed his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on Egypt, because I am the LORD, who heals you.”
27 They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the water.
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