Exodus 15

New King James Version

The Song of Moses^(A)

15 Then ^(B)Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and spoke, saying:

“I will ^(C)sing to the Lord,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!
²The Lord is my strength and ^(D)song,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and ^(E)I will praise Him;
My ^(F)father’s God, and I ^(G)will exalt Him.
³The Lord is a man of ^(H)war;
The Lord is His ^(I)name.
⁴^(J)Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
^(K)His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
⁵The depths have covered them;
^(L)They sank to the bottom like a stone.

⁶“Your ^(M)right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power;
Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
⁷And in the greatness of Your ^(N)excellence
You have overthrown those who rose against You;
You sent forth ^(O)Your wrath;
It ^(P)consumed them ^(Q)like stubble.
⁸And ^(R)with the blast of Your nostrils
The waters were gathered together;
^(S)The floods stood upright like a heap;
The depths ^[a]congealed in the heart of the sea.
⁹^(T)The enemy said, ‘I will pursue,
I will overtake,
I will ^(U)divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword,
My hand shall destroy them.’
¹⁰You blew with Your wind,
The sea covered them;
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

¹¹“Who^(V) is like You, O Lord, among the ^[b]gods?
Who is like You, ^(W)glorious in holiness,
Fearful in ^(X)praises, ^(Y)doing wonders?
¹²You stretched out Your right hand;
The earth swallowed them.
¹³You in Your mercy have ^(Z)led forth
The people whom You have redeemed;
You have guided them in Your strength
To ^(AA)Your holy habitation.

¹⁴“The ^(AB)people will hear and be afraid;
^(AC)Sorrow^[c] will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
¹⁵^(AD)Then ^(AE)the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed;
^(AF)The mighty men of Moab,
Trembling will take hold of them;
^(AG)All the inhabitants of Canaan will ^(AH)melt away.
¹⁶^(AI)Fear and dread will fall on them;
By the greatness of Your arm
They will be ^(AJ)as still as a stone,
Till Your people pass over, O Lord,
Till the people pass over
^(AK)Whom You have purchased.
¹⁷You will bring them in and ^(AL)plant them
In the ^(AM)mountain of Your inheritance,
In the place, O Lord, which You have made
For Your own dwelling,
The ^(AN)sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.

¹⁸“The^(AO) Lord shall reign forever and ever.”

¹⁹For the ^(AP)horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and ^(AQ)the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

The Song of Miriam^(AR)

²⁰Then Miriam ^(AS)the prophetess, ^(AT)the sister of Aaron, ^(AU)took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her ^(AV)with timbrels and with dances. ²¹And Miriam ^(AW)answered them:

^(AX)“Sing to the Lord,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!”

Bitter Waters Made Sweet

²²So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of ^(AY)Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no ^(AZ)water. ²³Now when they came to ^(BA)Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called ^[d]Marah. ²⁴And the people ^(BB)complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” ²⁵So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. ^(BC)When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet.

There He ^(BD)made a statute and an ^[e]ordinance for them, and there ^(BE)He tested them, ²⁶and said, ^(BF)“If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the ^(BG)diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord ^(BH)who heals you.”

²⁷^(BI)Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters.

Footnotes

Exodus 15:8 became firm
Exodus 15:11 mighty ones
Exodus 15:14 Anguish
Exodus 15:23 Lit. Bitter
Exodus 15:25 regulation

Exodus 16:1-21

New King James Version

Bread from Heaven

16 And they ^(A)journeyed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and ^(B)Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they departed from the land of Egypt. ²Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel ^(C)complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. ³And the children of Israel said to them, ^(D)“Oh, that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, ^(E)when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

⁴Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain ^(F)bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather ^[a]a certain quota every day, that I may ^(G)test them, whether they will ^(H)walk in My law or not. ⁵And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they bring in, and ^(I)it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.”

⁶Then Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, ^(J)“At evening you shall know that the Lord has brought you out of the land of Egypt. ⁷And in the morning you shall see ^(K)the glory of the Lord; for He ^(L)hears your complaints against the Lord. But ^(M)what are we, that you complain against us?” ⁸Also Moses said, “This shall be seen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the Lord hears your complaints which you make against Him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us but ^(N)against the Lord.”

⁹Then Moses spoke to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, ^(O)‘Come near before the Lord, for He has heard your complaints.’ ” ¹⁰Now it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord ^(P)appeared in the cloud.

¹¹And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹²^(Q)“I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ^(R)‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and ^(S)in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’ ”

¹³So it was that ^(T)quail came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning ^(U)the dew lay all around the camp. ¹⁴And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was ^(V)a small round ^(W)substance, as fine as frost on the ground. ¹⁵So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.

And Moses said to them, ^(X)“This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. ¹⁶This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: ‘Let every man gather it ^(Y)according to each one’s need, one ^(Z)omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.’ ”

¹⁷Then the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less. ¹⁸So when they measured it by omers, ^(AA)he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one’s need. ¹⁹And Moses said, “Let no one ^(AB)leave any of it till morning.” ²⁰Notwithstanding they did not ^[b]heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them. ²¹So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.