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Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and said, “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.

The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

The LORD is a man of war. The LORD is his name.

He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea. His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.

The deeps cover them. They went down into the depths like a stone.

Your right hand, LORD, is glorious in power. Your right hand, LORD, dashes the enemy in pieces.

In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who rise up against you. You send out your wrath. It consumes them as stubble.

With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.

The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’

You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Who is like you, LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them.

“You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.

The peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.

Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

Terror and dread falls on them. By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone, until your people pass over, LORD, until the people you have purchased pass over.

You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, the place, LORD, which you have made for yourself to dwell in: the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.

The LORD will reign forever and ever.”

For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.

Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.

Miriam answered them, “Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.”

Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.

The people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”

Then he cried to the LORD. The LORD showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them.

He said, “If you will diligently listen to the LORD your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am the LORD who heals you.”

They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees. They encamped there by the waters.

حينَئِذٍ أَنشَدَ موسى وبنو إِسْرائيلَ هٰذا النَّشيدَ لِلرَّبِّ وقالوا: «أُنشِدُ لِلرَّبِّ فإِنَّه تعَظَّمَ تَعْظيمًا. الفَرَسُ وراكِبُه في البَحرِ أَلقاهُما

الرَّبُّ عِزِّي ونَشيدي، لقَد كانَ لي خَلاصًا. هٰذا إِلٰهي فبِه أُعجَب، إِلٰهُ أَبي فبِه أُشيد

الرَّبُّ رَجُلُ حَربٍ، الرَّبُّ ٱسمُه

مَركَباتُ فِرعَونَ وجَيشُه في البَحرِ أَلقاها ونُخبَةُ ضُبَّاطِه في بَحرِ القَصَبِ غَرِقوا

الغِمارُ غَطَّتهُم وكالحَجَرِ في الأَعماقِ هَبَطوا

يَمينُك يا رَبُّ تَعتَزُّ بِالقُوَّة يَمينُكَ يا رَبُّ تُحطِّمُ العَدُوَّ

وبِعَظَمَةِ جَلالِكِ تَصرَعُ مُقاوِميكَ. تُطلِقُ سُخطَكَ فكَالقَشِّ يأكُلُهم

وبِنَفَسِ مِنخَرَيكَ تَراكَمَتِ المِياه. الأمواجُ كالسُّورِ ٱنتَصَبَت والغِمارُ في قَلبِ البَحرِ جَمَدَت

قالَ العَدُوُّ: «أُطارِدُ فأُدرِك. أُقَسِّمُ الغَنيمةَ فتَكتَظُّ بِها نَفْسي. أَستَلُّ سيفي فتَقرِضُهم يَدي»

نَفَختَ ريحكَ فغطَّاهُمُ البَحرُ وغاصوا كالرَّصاصِ في المِياهِ الهائِلة

مَن مِثْلُكَ يا رَبُّ في الآلِهة؟ مَن مِثلُكَ جَليلُ القَداسة مَهيبُ المآثِرِ صانِعُ العَجائب؟

مَدَدتَ يَمينَكَ فٱبتَلَعَتهُمُ الأَرض

بِرَحمَتِكَ هَدَيتَ الشَّعبَ الَّذي فدَيتَه بِعِزَّتِكَ أَرشَدتَه إِلى مَسكِنِ قُدسِكَ

سَمِعَتِ الشُّعوبُ فٱرتَعَدَت وأَخَذَ المَخاضُ سُكَّانَ فِلَسْطين

حينَئِذٍ ٱرتاعَ زُعَماءُ أَدوم ورُؤَساءُ موآبَ أَخَذَتهُمُ الرِّعدة وخارَت عَزائِمُ جَميعِ سُكَّانِ كَنْعان

يَقَعُ علَيهمِ الرُّعبُ والهَلَع: بِعَظَمةِ ذِراعِكَ كالحَجَرِ يَخرَسون حتَّى يَعبُرَ شَعبُكَ يا ربّ حتَّى يَعبُرَ الشَّعبُ الَّذي اقتَنَيتَه

تأتي بِهِم وفي جَبَلِ ميراثِكَ تَغرِسُهم في المَكانِ الَّذي أَقَمْتَه يا رَبُّ لِسُكناكَ المَقدِسِ الَّذي هَيَّأَته يا ربُّ يَدَاكَ

الرَّبُّ يَملِكُ أَبَدَ الدُّهور»

لَمَّا دَخَلَت خَيلُ فِرعونَ ومَراكِبُه وفُرسانُه البَحرَ، رَدَّ الرَّبُّ علَيهم مِياهَ البَحر. وأَمَّا بَنو إِسْرائيل، فساروا على اليَبَسِ في وَسَطِ البَحر

ثُمَّ أَخَذَت مَريَمُ النَّبِيَّةُ، أُختُ هارون، الدُّفَّ في يَدِها، وخَرَجَتِ النِّساءُ كُلُّهُنَّ وَراءَها بِالدُّفوفِ والرَّقْص

فجاوَبَتهُنَّ مَريَم: «أَنشِدوا لِلرَّبِّ فإِنَّه تَعَظَّمَ تَعظيمًا. الفَرَسُ وراكِبُه في البَحرِ أَلْقاهما»

ثُمَّ رَحَلَ موسى بإِسْرائيلَ مِن بَحرِ القَصَب، وخَرَجوا إِلى بَرِّيَّةِ شور. فساروا ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ في البَرِّيَّةِ ولم يَجِدوا ماءً

فوَصَلوا إِلى مارَّة، فلَم يُطيقوا أَن يَشرَبوا مِن مِياهِها لِأَنَّها مُرَّة، ولِذٰلك سُمِّيَت مارَّة

فتَذَمَّر الشَّعبُ على موسى وقال: «ماذا نَشرَب؟»

فصَرَخَ موسى إلى الرَّبّ، فأَراه الرَّبُّ خَشَبَةً فأَلْقاها في الماءِ فصار عَذْبًا. هُناكَ وَضَعَ الرَّبُّ لَهم فَريضَةً وشَرْعًا وهُناكَ ٱمتَحَنَهم

وقال: «إِن سَمِعتَ لِصَوتِ الرَّبِّ إِلٰهِكَ، وصَنَعتَ ما هو مُستَقيمٌ في عَينَيه، وأَصغَيتَ إِلى وَصاياه، وحَفِظتَ جَميعَ فَرائِضِه، فجَميعُ الأَمراضِ الَّتي أَنزَلتُها بِالمِصرِيِّين لا أُنزِلُها بِكَ، لِأَنِّي أَنا الرَّبُّ مُعافيكَ»

ثُمَّ وَصَلوا إِلى أَيليم، وكانَ هُناكَ ٱثنَتا عَشَرَةَ عَينَ ماء وسَبْعونَ نَخلَة، فخَيَّموا هُناكَ عِندَ المِياه