Exodus 15:19

_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._ For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots ... This verse, in accordance with the Semitic style of competition, which indulges in frequent repetitions, is a recapitulation of the great facts in which the song originated. In this view the initiatory word "For" serves to introduce the explanation by rehearsing the substance of the first verse as an epitome of the whole subject. [But Rosenmuller (Schol., in loco.) considers that the song closes at Exodus 15:18; and that this verse, together with the two following ones, contains a brief resume, in prosaic narrative, of the memorable incident which gave birth to this epinikion.] Pharaoh is here represented

19._For the horse of Pharaoh went in. _This verse does not; seem to be suited to the song, and therefore I am rather of opinion that Moses returns here to the history, and assigns the reason why the Israelites so magnificently celebrated the praises of God. For the sake of avoiding ambiguity, it would perhaps be better thus to render it, — “For the horse of Pharaoh had gone in, and the Lord had brought again the waters of the sea upon them, but; the children of Israel had gone on dry land.” (168)...

1-21 This song is the most ancient we know of. It is a holy song, to the honour of God, to exalt his name, and celebrate his praise, and his only, not in the least to magnify any man. Holiness to the Lord is in every part of it. It may be considered as typical, and prophetical of the final destruction of the enemies of the church. Happy the people whose God is the Lord. They have work to do, temptations to grapple with, and afflictions to bear, and are weak in themselves; but his grace is their strength. They are often in sorrow, but in him they have comfort; he is their song. Sin, and death, and hell threaten them, but he is, and will be their salvation. The Lord is a God of almighty power, and woe to those that strive with their Maker! He is a God of matchless perfection; he is glorious in holiness; his holiness is his glory. His holiness appears in the hatred of sin, and his wrath ag...

FOR THE HORSE ... - This verse does not belong to the hymn, but marks the transition from it to the narrative....

EXPOSITION THE SONG OF MOSES. Full of gratitude, joy, and happiness—burning with a desire to vent in devotional utterance of the most fitting kind, his intense and almost ecstatic feelings, Moses, who to his other extraordinary powers, added the sublime gift of poesy, composed, shortly after the passage, a hymn of praise, and sang it with a chorus of the people as a thanksgiving to the Almighty. The hymn itself is generally allowed to be one of transcendent beauty. Deriving probably the general outline of its form and character of its rhythm from the Egyptian poetry of the time, with which Moses had been familiar from his youth, it embodies ideas purely Hebrew, and remarkable for grandeur, simplicity, and depth. Naturally, as being the first outburst of the poetical genius of the nation, and also connected with the very commencement of the national life, it exerted the most important for...

FOR THE HORSE OF PHARAOH WENT IN WITH HIS CHARIOTS AND WITH HIS HORSEMEN INTO THE SEA,.... Meaning not that particular and single horse on which Pharaoh was carried, but all the horses of his that drew in his chariots, and all on which his cavalry was mounted; these all went into the Red sea, following the Israelites thither: these words are either the concluding part of the song, recapitulating and reducing into a compendium the subject matter of it; or are a reason why Moses and the children of Israel sung it; or else they are to be connected more strictly with the preceding verse, and give a reason why the Lord reigns over his people for ever; because he has destroyed their enemies, and delivered them out of their hands: AND THE LORD BROUGHT AGAIN THE WATERS OF THE SEA UPON THEM; after he had divided them, for the Israelites to pass through them, he caused them to close again, and to...

Exodus 15:1. Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 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. The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone. Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. 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. And with the blast of thy nostrils t...

7. THE SONG OF REDEMPTION CHAPTER 15:1-21 _ 1. Jehovah acknowledged and praised (Exodus 15:1)_ 2. The victory celebrated as His victory (Exodus 15:3) 3. His holiness praised (Exodus 15:11) 4. His enemies tremble (Exodus 15:14) 5. Thou shalt bring them in (Exodus 15:17) 6. The judgment and salvation (Exodus 15:19) 7. The women's chorus ...

THE SONG OF TRIUMPH (Exodus 15:1 J, Exodus 15:2 ( PSALM), Exodus 15:19 R, Exodus 15:20 F. E). The oldest undoubtedly genuine fragments of Heb. song are short (p. 44). And Miriam's brief burst of unpremeditated song (Exodus 15:21) ranks with the surest and greatest of these. Sing to Yahweh, for He rose in His might, horse and chariot (reading _recheb)_ He flung into the sea. Gressmann claims this song as confirming his volcanic theory of the crossing. At least it is complete in itself, and has double attestation, being found as...

THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 15THEN SANG MO-SES AND THE CHILDREN OF IS-RA-EL THIS SONG UNTO JE-HO-VAH, AND SPAKE, SAYING, I will sing unto Je-ho-vah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. (2) Je-ho-vah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father's God, and I will exalt him. (3) Je-ho-vah is a man of war: Je-ho-vah is his name. (4) Pha-raoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea; And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea. (5) The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone. (6) Thy right hand, O Je-ho-vah, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, O Je-ho-vah, dasheth in pieces the enemy. (7) And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as st...