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Exodus 15:20
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18 “Thea Lord shall reign forever and ever.”  
19 For the ahorses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and bthe Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.  

The Song of Miriam

20 Then Miriam athe prophetess, bthe sister of Aaron, ctook the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her dwith timbrels and with dances.  
21 And Miriam aanswered them:
b“Sing to the Lord,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!”  

Bitter Waters Made Sweet

22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of aShur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no bwater.  
23 Now when they came to aMarah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called1 Marah.  
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Exodus 15:20

And Miriam the prophetess - The part here assigned to Miriam and the women of Israel is in accordance both with Egyptian and Hebrew customs. The men are represented as singing the hymn in chorus, under the guidance of Moses; at each interval Miriam and the women sang the refrain, marking the time with the timbrel, and with the measured rhythmical movements always associated with solemn festivities. Compare Judges 11:34; II Samuel 6:5, and marginal references. The word used in this passage for the timbrel is Egyptian, and judging from its etymology and the figures which are joined with it in the inscriptions, it was probably the round instrument.

Miriam is called a prophetess, evidently Numbers 12:2 because she and Aaron had received divine communications. The word is used here in its proper sense of uttering words suggested by the Spirit of God. See Genesis 20:7. She is called the sister of Aaron, most probably to indicate her special position as coordinate, not with Moses the leader of the nation, but with his chief aid and instrument.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Exodus 15:20:

Numbers 12:1-15
Judges 4:4
1 Samuel 10:5
2 Kings 3:15
2 Kings 22:14
Psalms 68:11
Psalms 150:4
Psalms 150:4
Isaiah 5:12
Isaiah 5:12
Isaiah 6:3
Isaiah 40:9
Lamentations 1:4
Hosea 2:15
Micah 6:4
Luke 15:25
Acts 2:17
1 Corinthians 11:5

 

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