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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 15:1-21

Having read how that complete victory of Israel over the Egyptians was obtained, here we are told how it was celebrated; those that were to hold their peace while the deliverance was in working (Exod. 14:14) must not hold their peace now that it was wrought; the less they had to do then the more they had to do now. If God accomplishes deliverance by his own immediate power, it redounds so much the more to his glory. Moses, no doubt by divine inspiration, indited this song, and delivered it to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 15:22-27

It should seem, it was with some difficulty that Moses prevailed with Israel to leave that triumphant shore on which they sang the foregoing song. They were so taken up with the sight, or with the song, or with the spoiling of the dead bodies, that they cared not to go forward, but Moses with much ado brought them from the Red Sea into a wilderness. The pleasures of our way to Canaan must not retard our progress, but quicken it, though we have a wilderness before us. Now here we are told, I.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:20

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron ,.... The same, it is highly probable, that is called the sister of Moses, Exodus 2:3 , her name Miriam is the same as Mary with us, and signifies bitterness; and, as the Hebrews F24 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 3. p. 9. Dibre Hayamim, fol. 2. 2. observe, had it from the bitterness of the times, and the afflictions the Israelites endured and groaned under when she was born; which is a much more probable signification and reason of her name than... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:21

And Miriam answered them ,.... The men, for the word is masculine; that is, repeated, and sung the same song word for word after them, as they had done, of which a specimen is given by reciting the first clause of the song: sing ye to the Lord ; which is by way of exhortation to the women to sing with her, as Moses begins the song thus: "I will sing unto the Lord": for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea ; See Gill on Exodus 15:1 , the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:22

So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea ,.... Or "caused them to journey" F1 ויסע "et fecit proficisci", Pagninus & Montanus, Drusius; "jussit proficisci", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. , which some think was done with difficulty, they being so eager and intent upon the spoil and plunder of the Egyptians cast upon the sea shore, the harness of their horses being, as Jarchi observes, ornamented with gold and silver, and precious stones; or as others, they had some... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:20

And Miriam the prophetess - We have already seen that Miriam was older than either Moses or Aaron: for when Moses was exposed on the Nile, she was a young girl capable of managing the stratagem used for the preservation of his life; and then Aaron was only three years and three months old, for he was fourscore and three years old when Moses was but fourscore, (see Exodus 7:7 ;); so that Aaron was older than Moses, and Miriam considerably older than either, not less probably than nine or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:22

The wilderness of Shur - This was on the coast of the Red Sea on their road to Mount Sinai. See the map. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:20

Verse 20 20.And Miriam the prophetess. Moses here introduces in his song the ἀντιστροφὴ, such as were constantly used by the lyric poets. For God would have not only men to be the proclaimers of this great miracle, but associated the women with them. When, therefore, the men had finished their song, the women followed in order. Although it is not certain whether the first verse was intercalary, (as the sacred history testifies the following sentence to have been in a solemn hymn: — “For his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:22

Verse 22 22.So Moses brought. Moses now relates that, from the time, of their passage through the sea, they had been suffering for three days from the want of water, that the first they discovered was bitter, and that thence the name was given to the place. This was indeed no light temptation, to suffer thirst for three days in a dry land, and nowhere to meet with relief or remedy. No wonder, then, that they should have groaned with anxiety; but grief, when it is full of contumacy, deserves no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 15:1-21

1 . Exodus 15:2-5 , "The Lord is my strength," to "They sank into the bottom as a stone." 2 . Exodus 15:6-10 ," Thy right hand, O Lord," to "They sank like lead in the mighty waters." 3 . Exodus 15:11-12 , "Who is like unto Thee, O Lord," to "The earth swallowed them." The first verse stands separate from the whole, as an introduction, and at the same time as the refrain. Moses and a chorus of men commenced their chant with it, and probably proceeded to the end of ... read more

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