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Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the
"I will sing to the
horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.
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The
and he has become my salvation;
this is my God, and I will praise him,
my father's God, and I will exalt him.
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The
the
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"Pharaoh's chariots and his army he cast into the sea;
his picked officers were sunk in the Red Sea. 2
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The floods covered them;
they went down into the depths like a stone.
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Your right hand, O
your right hand, O
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In the greatness of your majesty you overthrew your adversaries;
you sent out your fury, it consumed them like stubble.
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At the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up,
the floods stood up in a heap;
the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.
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The enemy said, "I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them.
I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.'
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You blew with your wind, the sea covered them;
they sank like lead in the mighty waters.
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"Who is like you, O
Who is like you, majestic in holiness,
awesome in splendor, doing wonders?
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You stretched out your right hand,
the earth swallowed them.
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"In your steadfast love you led the people whom you redeemed;
you guided them by your strength to your holy abode.
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The peoples heard, they trembled;
pangs seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
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Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed;
trembling seized the leaders of Moab;
all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.
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Terror and dread fell upon them;
by the might of your arm, they became still as a stone
until your people, O
until the people whom you acquired passed by.
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You brought them in and planted them on the mountain of your own possession,
the place, O
the sanctuary, O
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The
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When the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his chariot drivers went into the sea, the
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And Miriam sang to them:
"Sing to the
horse and rider he has thrown into the sea."
22 Then Moses ordered Israel to set out from the Red Sea, 3 and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter. That is why it was called Marah. 4 24 And the people complained against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"
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He cried out to the
There the
27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they camped there by the water.