Old Testament · Law

Exodus chapter 15

Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to Yahweh: “I will to Yahweh— he has risen in . The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea.”“Yahweh is my , my song— he is the one who me. This is my God, and I will , my father’s God, and I will lift him high.”“Yahweh is a — Yahweh is his name.”“Pharaoh’s chariots and his army— he threw them into the sea. His drowned in the .”“The covered them— they sank to the bottom like a stone.”“Your , Yahweh, is in power. Your right hand, Yahweh, shatters the enemy.”“In your you tear down those who rise against you. You unleash your burning anger— it consumes them like .”“At the the waters piled up. The surging waves stood firm like a wall— the deep waters in the heart of the sea.”“The enemy said, ‘I will chase them down, I will catch them. I will what they own— I will take everything I want. I will draw my sword— my own hand will destroy them.’”“You blew with your wind— the sea swallowed them whole. They sank like lead in the .”“Who among the is like you, Yahweh? Who is like you, stunning in your , awe-inspiring in your fame, working ?”“You stretched out your right hand— the swallowed them.”“With your you led the people you rescued. With your strength you guided them to .”“The nations heard and — anguish gripped the people of .”“Then the chiefs of were terrified, the leaders of seized with panic. All the people of Canaan —““Terror and dread fell on them. By the power of your they went still as stone— until your people passed by, Yahweh, until the people you passed by.”“You will bring them in and them on the mountain that is yours, the place you made for yourself to live, Yahweh, , established by your own hands, my Lord.”“Yahweh will .”When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, Yahweh brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites had walked through the middle of the sea on .Then Miriam the , Aaron’s sister, picked up a , and all the women followed her out with tambourines, dancing.And Miriam to them: “Sing to Yahweh— he has risen in magnificent triumph. The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea.”Then Moses led Israel away from the Sea of Reeds, and they went out into the . They traveled for three days in the desert without finding any water.When they arrived at , they couldn’t drink the water there because it was bitter. That’s why the place was called Marah.The people against Moses, saying, “What are we supposed to drink?”Moses cried out to Yahweh, and Yahweh showed him a . He threw it into the water, and the water became drinkable. It was there that Yahweh set down an for them, and there he them.He said, “If you to the voice of Yahweh your God and do what is right in his eyes — if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his expectations — I won’t bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians. Because I am Yahweh, your .”Then they came to , where there were of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the water.