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Exodus 15

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Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “ I will sing to the LORD , for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah , for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation . He is my God, and I will praise Him , my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation : This is my God, and I will praise him ; My father's God, and I will exalt him.
The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
Jehovah is a man of war: Jehovah is his name.
Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea; And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
The depths have covered them ; they sank there like a stone.
The deeps cover them : They went down into the depths like a stone.
Your right hand, O LORD , is majestic in power ; Your right hand, O LORD , has shattered the enemy.
Thy right hand, O Jehovah , is glorious in power , Thy right hand, O Jehovah , dasheth in pieces the enemy.
You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath ; it consumed them like stubble.
And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath , it consumeth them as stubble.
At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up ; like a wall the currents stood firm ; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up , The floods stood upright as a heap ; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
The enemy declared , ‘ I will pursue, I will overtake . I will divide the spoils ; I will gorge myself on them . I will draw my sword ; my hand will destroy them. ’
The enemy said , I will pursue, I will overtake , I will divide the spoil ; My desire shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword , my hand shall destroy them.
But You blew with Your breath , and the sea covered them . They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Thou didst blow with thy wind , the sea covered them : They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Who among the gods is like You , O LORD ? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
Who is like unto thee , O Jehovah, among the gods ? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up .
Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, The earth swallowed them.
With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed ; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling .
Thou in thy lovingkindness hast led the people that thou hast redeemed : Thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation .
The nations will hear and tremble ; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
The peoples have heard, they tremble : Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab ; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away ,
Then were the chiefs of Edom dismayed; The mighty men of Moab , trembling taketh hold upon them: All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away .
and 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 , O LORD , until the people You have bought pass by .
Terror and dread falleth upon them ; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone ; Till thy people pass over , O Jehovah , Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased .
You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance — the place, O LORD , You have prepared for Your dwelling , the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.
Thou wilt bring them in , and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance , The place, O Jehovah , which thou hast made for thee to dwell in , The sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
The LORD will reign forever and ever !”
Jehovah shall reign for ever and ever .
For when Pharaoh’s horses , chariots , and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them . But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground .
For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah brought back the waters of the sea upon them ; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea .
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand , and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing .
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron , took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances .
And Miriam sang back to them : “ Sing to the LORD , for He is highly exalted ; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea. ”
And Miriam answered them , Sing ye to Jehovah , for he hath triumphed gloriously ; The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur . For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
And Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur ; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter . (That is why it was named Marah. )
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter : therefore the name of it was called Marah.
So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “ What are we to drink? ”
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened . There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them ,
An he cried unto Jehovah; And Jehovah showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet . There he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them ;
saying , “ If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands , and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians . For I am the LORD who heals you . ”
and he said , If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments , and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians : for I am Jehovah that healeth thee .
Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees , and they camped there by the waters.
And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water , and threescore and ten palm - trees : and they encamped there by the waters.

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