Exodus 15:20-22 NIV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:1-21

Click image for full-size versionMoses’ victory song (15:1-21)The song that Moses and the people sang was more than just a song of rejoicing over a fallen enemy. It was above all a song of praise to God, whose character the people had come to know better in the events of their deliverance from Egypt. He was a God of power who saved his people and overthrew their enemies, a God of terrible majesty and holiness who so directed the forces of nature that arrogant, rebellious people were destroyed... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:22-27

15:22-18:27 JOURNEY TO SINAIComplaints about water (15:22-27)Having spent all their lives in Egypt, the Israelite people were not prepared for the hardships of life in the barren wilderness regions. Their joyous feelings of faith, so confidently displayed in their song of victory at the Red Sea, did not last long. When, after three days thirsty travel, they found that the only water available was undrinkable, they complained bitterly (22-24).God had to teach the people that his presence among... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 15:20

Miriam . Hebrew form of Mary. prophetess . First occurance. a = the. timbrels = drum. Hebrew. toph, rendered "tabret "(Genesis 31:27 . 1Sa 10:5 ; 1 Samuel 18:6 . 2 Samuel 6:5 .Isaiah 5:12 ; Isaiah 24:8 ; Isaiah 30:32 .Jeremiah 31:4 .Ezekiel 28:13; Ezekiel 28:13 ), "timbre]. "(Exodus 15:20 . Judges 11:34 . 2 Samuel 6:5 . 2 Samuel 6:1 Ch. Exodus 13:8 . Job 21:12 .Psalms 81:2 ; Psalms 149:3 ; Psalms 150:4 ). Note the journeyings , at the extremes; with the six ascents and descents of Moses,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 15:22

Shur . Name given from the great wall built to protect Egypt from Asia, with its great Migdol, or fortress. See note on Exodus 14:2 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 15:20

"And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out with her with timbrels and with dances."Miriam is the first woman mentioned in the Bible as a "prophetess," and this was because she was endowed with the gift of prophecy. What a preposterous statement on this is the affirmation that "she was endowed with the gift of ecstatic utterance!"[42]; Numbers 12:6-8 reveals that her inspiration was of a degree less than that of Moses, which also may... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 15:21

"And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously; The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.""And Miriam answered them ..." This appears to indicate that Miriam and the women accompanying her repeated these opening lines of Moses song as a chant at appropriate places in the hymn, which was evidently sung by all the people, or even, possibly, after every line of it. We can know nothing, really, of exactly how all this was done. See another comment on thus... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 15:22-26

THE BITTER WATERS OF MARAH"And Moses led Israel onward 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. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the watars of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? And he cried unto Jehovah, and Jehovah showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 15:20

Exodus 15:20. Miriam the prophetess— Μαριαμ in the Greek, in the Latin Maria, from the Hebrew word מרה marah, bitterness. She was so called, say some, from the times of affliction and bitterness, (Exodus 1:14.) in which she was born. In the note on Gen 20:7 we have given the true explanation of the word prophet; which signifies a person who speaks something in an eminent and extraordinary manner: and, in this view, the ancients called their poets by the name of prophets, vates. St. Paul himself... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 15:20

20. Miriam the prophetess—so called from her receiving divine revelations (Numbers 12:1; Micah 6:4), but in this instance principally from her being eminently skilled in music, and in this sense the word "prophecy" is sometimes used in Scripture (1 Chronicles 25:1; 1 Corinthians 11:5). took a timbrel—or "tabret"—a musical instrument in the form of a hoop, edged round with rings or pieces of brass to make a jingling noise and covered over with tightened parchment like a drum. It was beat with... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 15:21

21. Miriam answered them—"them" in the Hebrew is masculine, so that Moses probably led the men and Miriam the women—the two bands responding alternately, and singing the first verse as a chorus. read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:1-21

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:22-27

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 15:20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 15:22

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 15:20

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 15:21

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 15:22-26

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 15:20

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 15:20

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 15:21

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