Exodus 15: The Song of Moses

After crossing the sea, Moses and Israel sang a song of praise: I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. They praised God as their strength, song and salvation, and asked, Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Miriam led the women with tambourines and dancing. Three days later at Marah the water was bitter, and the people complained. God showed Moses a tree; he threw it into the water, and it became sweet. God said that He is Yahweh who heals you. Then they camped at Elim with twelve springs and seventy palm trees.

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¹ Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ Yahweh is a man of war. Yahweh is his name.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea. His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ The deeps cover them. They went down into the depths like a stone.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ Your right hand, Yahweh, is glorious in power. Your right hand, Yahweh, dashes the enemy in pieces.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who rise up against you. You send out your wrath. It consumes them as stubble.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ “You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ The peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ Terror and dread falls on them. By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone, until your people pass over, Yahweh, until the people you have purchased pass over.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁷ You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, the place, Yahweh, which you have made for yourself to dwell in: the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁸ Yahweh will reign forever and ever.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁹ For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁰ Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²¹ Miriam answered them, “Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²² 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²³ When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁴ The people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁵ Then he cried to Yahweh. Yahweh showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁶ He said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁷ They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees. They encamped there by the waters.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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Exodus 15 · Preschool

God Reigns Forever

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Color the people singing and dancing! They praised God for saving them.

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Bible Verse

Yahweh will reign forever and ever.”

Exodus 15:18 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

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Read the verse aloud. Sing a praise song together! Say: God is King forever.

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Exodus 15 · Grade 3

Who Is Like You?

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Then Moses and Israel sang: I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea. Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him. They praised God's right hand, glorious in power. Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

They sang that God, in His loving kindness, had led the people He redeemed and would bring them to His holy dwelling. Yahweh will reign forever and ever. Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine, and all the women followed with tambourines and dances. Miriam answered them, Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously.

They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. At Marah the water was bitter. The people murmured, What shall we drink? Moses cried to Yahweh, who showed him a tree. He threw it into the water, and it became sweet. God promised that if they listened to his voice and did what was right, he would not put on them the diseases he put on the Egyptians. He said, I am Yahweh who heals you. They came to Elim, with twelve springs and seventy palm trees.

Memory Verse

“You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.

Exodus 15:13 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

What three things did they call God in 15:2?
What question did they ask about God?
How long would God reign?
What happened at Marah?
What name did God give Himself at Marah?

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Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

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Exodus 15 · Grade 5

The First Song of Redemption

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Exodus 15 contains the first major song in the Bible. It celebrates God as a warrior who defeated Egypt (15:3) and as a holy God unlike any other: Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? The first half looks back at the victory at the sea; the second half looks forward to God planting His people in His land and sanctuary (15:17). Salvation leads to worship and to dwelling with God.

Revelation 15:3 describes the redeemed in heaven singing the song of Moses and the song of the Lamb. Christians have read this as a picture of salvation in Christ, which also leads to songs of praise. Miriam's leadership in worship shows that God's people, men and women, young and old, joined in celebrating His victory.

The scene at Marah is a test. Right after their greatest worship, the people grumble. God answers with grace, sweetening the water through a tree, and teaches that He is Yahweh who heals you (Yahweh Rophe). Christians have read this as a picture of the cross, which turns bitterness into blessing. God then brings them to Elim, an oasis, showing that His testing is always mixed with His care.

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How is the Song of Moses structured?
What does Revelation 15:3 describe?
What does Miriam's role show?
What name did God reveal at Marah?
What do many Christians see in the tree at Marah?

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songtreeseapraiseGod

Exodus 15 contains the first major in the Bible.
It celebrates as a warrior who defeated Egypt (15:3) and as a holy God unlike any other: Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods?
The first half looks back at the victory at the ; the second half looks forward to God planting His people in His land and sanctuary (15:17).
Christians have read this as a picture of salvation in Christ, which also leads to songs of .
God answers with grace, sweetening the water through a , and teaches that He is Yahweh who heals you (Yahweh Rophe).

Think About It

Why is singing such an important part of worship?
God tests His people but also cares for them. How have you seen both in your life?

Memory Verse

“Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?”

Exodus 15:11 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

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How can you keep praising when trouble follows joy?
When do you move from thankful to complaining, and how can you stop?
How can you trust God as your healer?

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