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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.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Exodus 15:20

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 (I Chronicles 25:1; I 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 the fingers, and corresponds to our tambourine.

all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances—We shall understand this by attending to the modern customs of the East, where the dance—a slow, grave, and solemn gesture, generally accompanied with singing and the sound of the timbrel, is still led by the principal female of the company, the rest imitating her movements and repeating the words of the song as they drop from her lips.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Exodus 15:20:

Numbers 12:2
Psalms 68:11
Isaiah 6:5
Jeremiah 31:4
Ezekiel 13:17
Micah 6:4
Zechariah 12:12-14

 

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