1 The song of Moses, Miriam, and Israel on their deliverance
22 The people want water in the wilderness
23 The waters at Marah are bitter, they murmur, Moses prays, and sweetens the waters by God's direction
27 They encamp at Elim, where are twelve wells, and seventy palm trees

then Jud 5:1 2Sa 22:1 Ps 106:12 107:8,15,21,22 Isa 12:1 51:10,11 Re 15:3

for Ex 15:21 14:17,18,27 18:11 Col 2:15

2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.

strength Ps 18:1,2 27:1 28:8 59:17 62:6,7 118:14 Hab 3:17-19 Php 4:13
Song De 10:21 Ps 22:3 109:1 140:7 Re 15:3

my salvation Ex 14:13 2Sa 22:51 Ps 68:20 Isa 12:2 45:17 49:6 Jer 3:23 Lu 1:77 2:30 Joh 4:22 Ac 4:12 Re 19:1

my God Ex 4:22 Ge 17:7 Ps 22:10 Jer 31:33 32:33 Zec 13:9

an habitation Ex 40:34 Ge 28:21,22 2Sa 7:5 1Ki 8:13,27 Ps 132:5 Isa 66:1 2Co 5:19 Eph 2:22 Col 2:9

my father's God Ex 3:15,16

exalt him 2Sa 22:47 Ps 18:46 30:1 34:3 99:5,9 118:28 145:1 Isa 25:1 Joh 5:23 Php 2:11 Re 5:9-14

3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

a man Ps 24:8 45:3 Re 19:11-21

name Ex 3:13,15 6:3,6 Ps 83:18 Isa 42:8

4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.

Ex 14:13-28

chosen Ex 14:7

5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

depths Ex 14:28 Eze 27:34 Jon 2:2 Mic 7:19 Mt 18:6

they Ne 9:11 Jer 51:63,64 Re 18:21

6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

right hand Ex 15:11 1Ch 29:11,12 Ps 17:7 44:3 60:5 74:11 77:10 89:8-13 98:1 118:15,16 Isa 51:9 52:10 Mt 6:13

dashed Ps 2:9 Isa 30:14 Jer 13:14 Re 2:27

7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

the greatness Ex 9:16 De 33:26 Ps 68:33 148:13 Isa 5:16 Jer 10:6

them that Isa 37:17,23,29,36,38 Mic 4:11 Na 1:9-12 Zec 2:8 14:3,8 Ac 9:4

consumed Ps 59:13 83:13 Isa 5:24 47:14 Na 1:10 Mal 4:1 Mt 3:12

8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

blast Ex 14:21 2Sa 22:16 Job 4:9 Isa 11:4 37:7 2Th 2:8

the floods Ex 14:22 Ps 78:13 Hab 3:10

9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

I will pursue Ge 49:27 Jud 5:30 1Ki 19:2 20:10 Isa 10:8-13 36:20 53:12 Hab 3:14 Lu 11:22

destroy or repossess Ex 14:5,9

10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

blow Ex 14:21 Ge 8:1 Ps 74:13,14 135:7 147:18 Isa 11:15 Jer 10:13 Am 4:13 Mt 8:27

the sea Ex 14:28 De 11:4

they sank Ex 15:5

11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

like unto thee De 3:24 33:26 1Sa 2:2 2Sa 7:22 1Ki 8:23 Ps 35:10 77:19 86:8 89:6-8 Isa 40:18,25 Jer 10:6,16 49:19

gods, or mighty ones. glorious Le 19:2 Ps 89:18 145:17 Isa 6:3 30:11 57:15 1Pe 1:15,16 Re 4:8

fearful Ps 66:5 77:14 89:5,7 90:11 119:120 Isa 64:2,3 Jer 10:7 Lu 12:5 Heb 12:28,29 Re 15:4 19:1-6

12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

stretchedst Ex 15:6

13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

thou Ge 19:16 Eph 2:4

led Ps 77:14,15,20 78:52,53 80:1 106:9 Isa 63:12,13 Jer 2:6

guided 1Pe 1:5

holy Ps 78:54

14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

hear Nu 14:14 22:5 De 2:4,5 Jos 2:9,10 9:24 Ps 48:6

of Palestina Isa 14:29,31

15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

dukes Ge 36:40 Nu 20:14-21 De 2:4 1Ch 1:51-54

Moab Nu 22:3-5

all the Jos 2:11 5:1

melt De 20:8 Jos 2:9 14:8 1Sa 14:16 2Sa 17:10 Ps 68:2 Isa 13:7 19:1 Eze 21:7 Na 2:10

16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

dread De 2:25 11:25 Jos 2:9

still Ex 11:7 1Sa 2:9 25:37

which thou Ex 19:5,6 De 32:6,9 2Sa 7:23 Ps 74:2 Isa 43:1-3 51:10 Jer 31:11 Ac 20:28 Tit 2:14 1Pe 2:9 2Pe 2:1

17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have established.

plant Ps 44:2 78:54,55 80:8 Isa 5:1-4 Jer 2:21 32:41

mountain Ps 78:54,68,69 Jer 31:23

18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.

Ps 10:16 29:10 146:10 Isa 57:15 Da 2:44 4:3 7:14,27 Mt 6:13 Re 11:15-17

19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

horse Ex 14:23 Pr 21:31

brought Ex 14:28,29 Heb 11:29

20 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.

prophetess Jud 4:4 1Sa 10:5 2Ki 22:14 Lu 2:36 Ac 21:9 1Co 11:5 14:34

sister Ex 2:4 Nu 12:1 20:1 26:59 Mic 6:4

a timbrel. Toph, in Arabic called duff or diff is the tabret used in the East; being a thin, broad, wooden hoop, with parchment extended over one side of it, to which small pieces of brass, thin, etc., are attached, which made a jingling noise; it is held up with one hand and beaten upon with the other, and is precisely the same as the tambourine. all the Jud 11:34 21:21 1Sa 18:6 2Sa 6:5,14,16 Ps 68:11,25 81:2 149:3 150:4

21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

answered 1Sa 18:7 2Ch 5:13 Ps 24:7-10 134:1

sing ye Ex 15:1 Jud 5:3 Isa 5:1 Re 7:10-12 5:9 14:3 15:3 19:1-6

22 So Moses brought Israel 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.

wilderness of Shur. This lay on the eastern shore of the Heroopolitic gulf of the Red Sea, and is still called the desert of Shur, according to Dr. Shaw. Ge 16:7 25:18 1Sa 15:7

three days Ex 3:18

23 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.

Marah Nu 33:8

marah. i.e. bitterness Ru 1:20

24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

Ex 14:11 16:2,8,9 17:3,4 Nu 11:1-6 14:1-4 16:11,41 17:10 20:2-5 21:5 1Co 10:10 Php 2:14 Jude 1:16

what Ex 17:3 Ps 78:19,20 Mt 6:25

25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

cried Ex 14:10 17:4 Ps 50:15 91:15 99:6 Jer 15:1

a tree 2Ki 2:21 4:41 1Co 1:18

a statute Jos 24:21-25

proved Ex 16:4 De 8:2,16 13:3 Jud 2:22 3:1,4 Ps 66:10 81:7 Pr 17:3 Jer 9:7 1Pe 1:6,7

26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

if thou Le 26:3,13 De 7:12,13,15 28:1-15

and wilt De 12:28 13:18 1Ki 11:33,38 2Ki 22:2 Eze 18:5

diseases Ex 9:10,11 12:29 De 7:15 28:27,60

for I am Ex 23:25 2Ki 20:5 Job 5:18 Ps 41:3,4 103:3 147:3 Isa 57:18 Jer 8:22 33:6 Ho 6:1 Jas 5:11-16

27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

Elim. This was on the northern skirts of the desert of Sin, and, according to Dr. Shaw, two leagues from Tor, and near 30 from Corondel, which he conjectures to be Marah, where there is a small rill, which is brackish. He found but nine of the wells, the other three being filled up with sand; but the 70 palm trees had increased into more than 2000. Nu 33:9 Isa 12:3 Eze 47:12 Re 7:17 22:2