1 Then Moses
and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord,
for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the
sea. 2 The Lord is my strength and my might, and he has become my
salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I
will exalt him. 3 The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name. 4
“Pharaoh’s chariots and his army he cast into the sea; his picked
officers were sunk in the Red Sea. 5 The floods covered them; they went
down into the depths like a stone. 6 Your right hand, O Lord, glorious
in power— your right hand, O Lord, shattered the enemy. 7 In the
greatness of your majesty you overthrew your adversaries; you sent out
your fury, it consumed them like stubble. 8 At the blast of your
nostrils the waters piled up, the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps
congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I
will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of
them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.’ 10 You blew
with your wind, the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty
waters. 11 “Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you,
majestic in holiness, awesome in splendor, doing wonders? 12 You
stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them. 13 “In your
steadfast love you led the people whom you redeemed; you guided them by
your strength to your holy abode. 14 The peoples heard, they trembled;
pangs seized the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 Then the chiefs of Edom
were dismayed; trembling seized the leaders of Moab; all the inhabitants
of Canaan melted away. 16 Terror and dread fell upon them; by the might
of your arm, they became still as a stone until your people, O Lord,
passed by, until the people whom you acquired passed by. 17 You brought
them in and planted them on the mountain of your own possession, the
place, O Lord, that you made your abode, the sanctuary, O Lord, that
your hands have established. 18 The Lord will reign forever and ever.”
19 When the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his chariot drivers
went into the sea, the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon
them; but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. 20 Then
the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand; and
all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing. 21
And Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed
gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.”
22 Then Moses ordered Israel to
set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur.
They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 When they
came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was
bitter. That is why it was called Marah. 24 And the people complained
against Moses, saying, “What shall we 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 made for them a
statute and an ordinance and there he put them to the test. 26 He said,
“If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God, and do
what is right in his sight, and give heed to his commandments and keep
all his statutes, I will not bring upon you any of the diseases that I
brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.” 27 Then
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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