Exodus 15:1–21
The Song of the Sea
The moment Pharaoh's army drowns, Moses and Israel burst into the oldest poem in the Bible — a war hymn to God as divine warrior: "I will sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted; the horse and rider he has hurled into the sea." Then Miriam the prophetess takes her tambourine and leads all the women in dance on the shore.
— Lectio —
The Song of the Sea
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Exodus 15:1–21
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Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
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