출애굽기 Chapter 15

Translation: ESV

1

Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying, 'I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.'

Key Message

The experience of salvation leads to praise, and worship is the most natural response to God's saving acts.

▸This song that Moses led immediately after crossing the Red Sea is one of the oldest poems in the Bible, the first communal worship hymn of Israel that praises God's salvation.

This song that Moses led immediately after crossing the Red Sea is one of the oldest poems in the Bible, the first communal worship hymn of Israel that praises God's salvation. The fact that the experience of salvation immediately leads to praise shows that worship is the natural response to experiencing salvation. The concise expression 'the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea' captures the essence of the victory.

Related Verses

And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, 'Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty!'
2

The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.

Key Message

God is both the content of praise and the source of the strength to praise; personal faith and communal tradition are integrated in one act of worship.

▸The expression 'The LORD is my strength and my song' declares that God Himself is both the content of the song and the source of the ability to sing.

11

Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?

Key Message

God's holiness and power are incomparable to any being, and this confession is the starting point of Israel's faith.

▸This rhetorical question is Israel's theological declaration—there is none like Yahweh.

20

Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.

Key Message

The joy of salvation is expressed in bodily worship, and women's prophetic calling is formally recognized within salvation history.

▸Miriam is called 'the prophetess (neviah)' and leads the women in music and dance.

22

Then Moses made Israel 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.

Key Message

The pattern of trials coming immediately after victories in the faith journey is common, and these trials train faith to rest on God's word rather than on experience.

▸Just three days after singing the victory song at the Red Sea, Israel is tested in the wilderness where there is no water.