Torah Mosheh 2:

Shemot /  שׁמות

Exodus Chapter 15

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Mosheh song - Read in Hebrew click here

(Ex 14:13,14; Ps 78:12-14)

Compare with Rev 15:3-4

15:1 Then yashir (will sang) Mosheh and the benai Yisrael this song unto YHWH (יהוה), and spake, saying:

 Ashir (I will sing) la YHWH (יהוה), for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

15:2

YAH [is] my strength and song, and

HE is become my YESHUAH (ישׁועה):

HE [is] my ELOHIM (אלהים), and

I will prepare him an habitation;

my father's Elohim (אלהים), and

I will exalt Him.

15:3

YHWH (יהוה) [is] a man of war:

YEHOVAH [is] His NAME.

15:4

Paroh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Yam Suf (Sea of Reed).

15:5

The depths have covered them:

They sank into the bottom as a stone.

15:6

Thy right hand, O YEHOVAH, is become glorious in power:

Thy right hand, O YEHOVAH, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

15:7

And in the greatness of Thine excellency

Thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee:

Thou sentest forth thy wrath, [which] consumed them as stubble.

15:8

And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, [and] the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

15:9 The enemy said:

I will pursue,

I will overtake,

I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them;

I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

15:10

Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them:

They sank as lead in the mighty waters.

15:11

Mi chamochah ba'elim, (Who [is] like unto Thee)

O YHWH (יהוה), among the gods?

Who [is] like Thee, glorious in Kodesh, fearful [in] praises, doing wonders?

15:12

Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand,

The earth swallowed them.

15:13

Thou in Thy chesed hast led forth the people [which] thou hast redeemed:

Thou hast guided [them] in Thy strength unto thy set apart habitation.

15:14

The people shall hear, [and] be afraid:

Sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Peleshet.

15:15

Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Mo'av, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Kenaan shall melt away.

15:16

Fear and dread shall fall upon them;

By the greatness of Thine arm they shall be [as] still as a stone;

Till Thy people pass over, O YHWH (יהוה),

Till the people pass over, [which] Thou hast purchased.

15:17

Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of Thine inheritance, [in] the place, O YHWH (יהוה), [which]

Thou hast made for thee to dwell in, [in] ha Mikdash,

O Adonay, [which] Thy hands have established.

15:18

YHWH (יהוה) shall reign for ever and ever.

15:19

For the horse of Paroh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and YHWH (יהוה) brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the benai Yisrael went on yabashah (dry, land) in the midst of the sea.

Miryam's song

(Bamidbar 26:59) compare with Luke 1:44-55 - Miriyam

15:20 And Miryam the neviah (Prophetess), the sister of Aharon, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

15:21 And Miryam answered them:

Sing ye to YHWH (יהוה), for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

15:22 So Mosheh brought Yisrael from the Yam Suf, and they went out into the midbar of Shur; and they went three days in the midbar, and found no water.

15:23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they [were] bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

15:24 And the people murmured against Mosheh, saying:

What shall we drink?

15:25 And he cried unto YHWH (יהוה); and YHWH (יהוה) shewed him a tree, [which] when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

15:26 And said:

If thou wilt diligently Shama Ha Kol YHWH (יהוה) Eloheicha, and wilt do that which is yashar in His sight, and wilt give ear to His mitzvah, and keep all His statutes,

I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Mitzrites: for ANI YHWH (יהוה) that healeth thee.

15:27(A:v, S:iv)

And they came to Elim, where [were] twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

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The song at the sea is included in the siddur toward the end of Pesukei d' Zimrah

Miriyam - is called the Prophetess. She spoke authoritatively from Hashem

other prophetess

Devorah - Judge 4:4;

Wife of Yeshayahu -Isa 8:3;

Huldah 2 Kings 22:14

Redeemed gaal use in Ruth 4:4; Isaiah 43:14; to protect family rights

How did the Yisra'elites have tambourines in the desert?

The righteous women of that generation were certain that Hashem would perform miracles for them, so they prepared tambourines and dances while still in Mitzrayim.

(Rashi and Mechilta on Shemot 15:20)  

Messianic dance has its roots in the Song at the Sea. After Mosheh and the Benai Yisrael had finished singing the great hymn of Shemot 15, Moshe’ older sister, Miryam, took a timbrel in her hand and led the women in song and dance. Biblical dance was an expression of celebration. For example, when King David victoriously returned from battle with the Plishtim, the women of Yisra'el came out singing and dancing to meet him. When King David brought the ark of the covenant into Yerushalayim, he danced before it all the way into the city. HaNavi Yirmeyahu tells us that when the Moshiach comes, there will be dancing. “Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old, together” (Yirmeyahu 31:13).

Dance was a natural expression of joy and worship in ancient Yisra'el. (Psalms 68:25; 149:3; 150:4)

Criteria

1. It is located in ancient Midian, also known as Madia or Madiam.
2. Has a large desert behind it.
3. Is located outside Egypt and its territories which included the Sinai Peninsula and Canaan.
4. Its location agrees with that given by Josephus and Philo.
5. It has a blackened peak which is not caused by volcanic activity.
6. Has a cleft in a rock, like that mentioned in the Bible.
7. Has evidence of an ancient spring.
8. Is in Arabia, as the real mountain is spoken of in the Bible.
9. At the foot of the mountain there is a large altar covered in calf drawings.
10. Has a large pillar like rock which is eroded from the bottom up suggesting that water gushed out of it. Down the hill from this rock there appears to be what was once a lake.
11. Quail cover the ground, as referenced in the Bible that quail flew from the west and fell to the ground exhausted.
12. Has a cave as referenced as the place Elijah spent the night on Mt. Horeb.
13. Has a bush that dates to over 2000 years old (burning bush?)
14. Has several almond trees (Aaron's staff sprouted almonds)
15. There are large piles of rock around the base of the mountain (God told Moses to mark out the base so that the Yisra'elites didn't get too close lest they die)

Marah BDB Definition: 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than (preposition) 1a) from (expressing separation), Bitter

Elim means "place of Trees". It has 70 Palms and 12 springs