Exodus 13:17-17:16

New King James Version

The Wilderness Way^(A)

¹⁷Then it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people ^(B)change their minds when they see war, and ^(C)return to Egypt.” ¹⁸So God ^(D)led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁹And Moses took the ^(E)bones of ^(F)Joseph with him, for he had placed the children of Israel under solemn oath, saying, ^(G)“God will surely ^[a]visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here with you.”

²⁰So ^(H)they took their journey from ^(I)Succoth and camped in Etham at the edge of the wilderness. ²¹And ^(J)the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. ²²He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people.

The Red Sea Crossing

14 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ²“Speak to the children of Israel, ^(K)that they turn and camp before ^(L)Pi Hahiroth, between ^(M)Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea. ³For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ^(N)‘They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.’ ⁴Then ^(O)I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, so that he will pursue them; and I ^(P)will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, ^(Q)that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.

⁵Now it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and ^(R)the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people; and they said, “Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?” ⁶So he ^[b]made ready his chariot and took his people with him. ⁷Also, he took ^(S)six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them. ⁸And the Lord ^(T)hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and ^(U)the children of Israel went out with boldness. ⁹So the ^(V)Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon.

¹⁰And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel ^(W)cried out to the Lord. ¹¹^(X)Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt? ¹²^(Y)Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.”

¹³And Moses said to the people, ^(Z)“Do not be afraid. ^(AA)Stand still, and see the ^(AB)salvation^[c] of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall ^(AC)see again no more forever. ¹⁴^(AD)The Lord will fight for you, and you shall ^(AE)hold^[d] your peace.”

¹⁵And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward. ¹⁶But ^(AF)lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. ¹⁷And I indeed will ^(AG)harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. So I will ^(AH)gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen. ¹⁸Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gained honor for Myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”

¹⁹And the Angel of God, ^(AI)who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them. ²⁰So it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. Thus it was a cloud and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other, so that the one did not come near the other all that night.

²¹Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and ^(AJ)made the sea into dry land, and the waters were ^(AK)divided. ²²So ^(AL)the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were ^(AM)a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. ²³And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

²⁴Now it came to pass, in the morning ^(AN)watch, that ^(AO)the Lord looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He ^[e]troubled the army of the Egyptians. ²⁵And He ^[f]took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord ^(AP)fights for them against the Egyptians.”

²⁶Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.” ²⁷And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea ^(AQ)returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the Lord ^(AR)overthrew^[g] the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. ²⁸Then ^(AS)the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained. ²⁹But ^(AT)the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

³⁰So the Lord ^(AU)saved^[h] Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel ^(AV)saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. ³¹Thus Israel saw the great ^[i]work which the Lord had done in Egypt; so the people feared the Lord, and ^(AW)believed the Lord and His servant Moses.

The Song of Moses^(AX)

15 Then ^(AY)Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and spoke, saying:

“I will ^(AZ)sing to the Lord,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!
²The Lord is my strength and ^(BA)song,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and ^(BB)I will praise Him;
My ^(BC)father’s God, and I ^(BD)will exalt Him.
³The Lord is a man of ^(BE)war;
The Lord is His ^(BF)name.
⁴^(BG)Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
^(BH)His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
⁵The depths have covered them;
^(BI)They sank to the bottom like a stone.

⁶“Your ^(BJ)right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power;
Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
⁷And in the greatness of Your ^(BK)excellence
You have overthrown those who rose against You;
You sent forth ^(BL)Your wrath;
It ^(BM)consumed them ^(BN)like stubble.
⁸And ^(BO)with the blast of Your nostrils
The waters were gathered together;
^(BP)The floods stood upright like a heap;
The depths ^[j]congealed in the heart of the sea.
⁹^(BQ)The enemy said, ‘I will pursue,
I will overtake,
I will ^(BR)divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword,
My hand shall destroy them.’
¹⁰You blew with Your wind,
The sea covered them;
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

¹¹“Who^(BS) is like You, O Lord, among the ^[k]gods?
Who is like You, ^(BT)glorious in holiness,
Fearful in ^(BU)praises, ^(BV)doing wonders?
¹²You stretched out Your right hand;
The earth swallowed them.
¹³You in Your mercy have ^(BW)led forth
The people whom You have redeemed;
You have guided them in Your strength
To ^(BX)Your holy habitation.

¹⁴“The ^(BY)people will hear and be afraid;
^(BZ)Sorrow^[l] will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
¹⁵^(CA)Then ^(CB)the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed;
^(CC)The mighty men of Moab,
Trembling will take hold of them;
^(CD)All the inhabitants of Canaan will ^(CE)melt away.
¹⁶^(CF)Fear and dread will fall on them;
By the greatness of Your arm
They will be ^(CG)as still as a stone,
Till Your people pass over, O Lord,
Till the people pass over
^(CH)Whom You have purchased.
¹⁷You will bring them in and ^(CI)plant them
In the ^(CJ)mountain of Your inheritance,
In the place, O Lord, which You have made
For Your own dwelling,
The ^(CK)sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.

¹⁸“The^(CL) Lord shall reign forever and ever.”

¹⁹For the ^(CM)horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and ^(CN)the 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^(CO)

²⁰Then Miriam ^(CP)the prophetess, ^(CQ)the sister of Aaron, ^(CR)took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her ^(CS)with timbrels and with dances. ²¹And Miriam ^(CT)answered them:

^(CU)“Sing to the Lord,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!”

Bitter Waters Made Sweet

²²So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of ^(CV)Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no ^(CW)water. ²³Now when they came to ^(CX)Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called ^[m]Marah. ²⁴And the people ^(CY)complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” ²⁵So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. ^(CZ)When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet.

There He ^(DA)made a statute and an ^[n]ordinance for them, and there ^(DB)He tested them, ²⁶and said, ^(DC)“If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the ^(DD)diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord ^(DE)who heals you.”

²⁷^(DF)Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters.

Bread from Heaven

16 And they ^(DG)journeyed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and ^(DH)Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they departed from the land of Egypt. ²Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel ^(DI)complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. ³And the children of Israel said to them, ^(DJ)“Oh, that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, ^(DK)when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

⁴Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain ^(DL)bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather ^[o]a certain quota every day, that I may ^(DM)test them, whether they will ^(DN)walk in My law or not. ⁵And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they bring in, and ^(DO)it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.”

⁶Then Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, ^(DP)“At evening you shall know that the Lord has brought you out of the land of Egypt. ⁷And in the morning you shall see ^(DQ)the glory of the Lord; for He ^(DR)hears your complaints against the Lord. But ^(DS)what are we, that you complain against us?” ⁸Also Moses said, “This shall be seen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the Lord hears your complaints which you make against Him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us but ^(DT)against the Lord.”

⁹Then Moses spoke to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, ^(DU)‘Come near before the Lord, for He has heard your complaints.’ ” ¹⁰Now it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord ^(DV)appeared in the cloud.

¹¹And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹²^(DW)“I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ^(DX)‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and ^(DY)in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’ ”

¹³So it was that ^(DZ)quail came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning ^(EA)the dew lay all around the camp. ¹⁴And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was ^(EB)a small round ^(EC)substance, as fine as frost on the ground. ¹⁵So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.

And Moses said to them, ^(ED)“This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. ¹⁶This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: ‘Let every man gather it ^(EE)according to each one’s need, one ^(EF)omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.’ ”

¹⁷Then the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less. ¹⁸So when they measured it by omers, ^(EG)he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one’s need. ¹⁹And Moses said, “Let no one ^(EH)leave any of it till morning.” ²⁰Notwithstanding they did not ^[p]heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them. ²¹So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.

²²And so it was, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. ²³Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Tomorrow is ^(EI)a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.’ ” ²⁴So they laid it up till morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not ^(EJ)stink, nor were there any worms in it. ²⁵Then Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. ²⁶^(EK)Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”

²⁷Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none. ²⁸And the Lord said to Moses, “How long ^(EL)do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws? ²⁹See! For the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.” ³⁰So the people rested on the seventh day.

³¹And the house of Israel called its name ^[q]Manna. And ^(EM)it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

³²Then Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: ‘Fill an omer with it, to be kept for your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’ ” ³³And Moses said to Aaron, ^(EN)“Take a pot and put an omer of manna in it, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations.” ³⁴As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up ^(EO)before the Testimony, to be kept. ³⁵And the children of Israel ^(EP)ate manna ^(EQ)forty years, ^(ER)until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. ³⁶Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.

Water from the Rock^(ES)

17 Then ^(ET)all the congregation of the children of Israel set out on their journey from the Wilderness of ^(EU)Sin, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to ^(EV)drink. ²^(EW)Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.”

So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you ^(EX)tempt the Lord?”

³And the people thirsted there for water, and the people ^(EY)complained against Moses, and said, “Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our ^(EZ)livestock with thirst?”

⁴So Moses ^(FA)cried out to the Lord, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to ^(FB)stone^[r] me!”

⁵And the Lord said to Moses, ^(FC)“Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which ^(FD)you struck the river, and go. ⁶^(FE)Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.”

And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. ⁷So he called the name of the place ^(FF)Massah^[s] and ^[t]Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they ^[u]tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Victory over the Amalekites^(FG)

⁸^(FH)Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. ⁹And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with ^(FI)the rod of God in my hand.” ¹⁰So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. ¹¹And so it was, when Moses ^(FJ)held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. ¹²But Moses’ hands became ^[v]heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. ¹³So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

¹⁴Then the Lord said to Moses, ^(FK)“Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that ^(FL)I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.” ¹⁵And Moses built an altar and called its name, ^[w]The-Lord-Is-My-Banner; ¹⁶for he said, “Because ^[x]the Lord has ^(FM)sworn: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

Footnotes

Exodus 13:19 give attention to
Exodus 14:6 harnessed
Exodus 14:13 deliverance
Exodus 14:14 Lit. be quiet
Exodus 14:24 confused
Exodus 14:25 Sam., LXX, Syr. bound
Exodus 14:27 Lit. shook off
Exodus 14:30 delivered
Exodus 14:31 Lit. hand with which the Lord worked
Exodus 15:8 became firm
Exodus 15:11 mighty ones
Exodus 15:14 Anguish
Exodus 15:23 Lit. Bitter
Exodus 15:25 regulation
Exodus 16:4 Lit. the portion of a day in its day
Exodus 16:20 listen to
Exodus 16:31 Lit. What? Ex. 16:15
Exodus 17:4 Put me to death by stoning
Exodus 17:7 Lit. Tempted
Exodus 17:7 Lit. Contention
Exodus 17:7 tested
Exodus 17:12 Weary of being held up
Exodus 17:15 Heb. YHWH Nissi
Exodus 17:16 Lit. a hand is upon the throne of the Lord

Exodus 13:17-17:16

New International Version

Crossing the Sea

¹⁷When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”^(A) ¹⁸So God led^(B) the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea.^[a] The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle.^(C)

¹⁹Moses took the bones of Joseph^(D) with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.”^[b]^(E)

²⁰After leaving Sukkoth^(F) they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.^(G) ²¹By day the Lord went ahead^(H) of them in a pillar of cloud^(I) to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. ²²Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left^(J) its place in front of the people.

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, ²“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol^(K) and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon.^(L) ³Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.’ ⁴And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart,^(M) and he will pursue them.^(N) But I will gain glory^(O) for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.”^(P) So the Israelites did this.

⁵When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled,^(Q) Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds^(R) about them and said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!” ⁶So he had his chariot made ready and took his army with him. ⁷He took six hundred of the best chariots,^(S) along with all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. ⁸The Lord hardened the heart^(T) of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly.^(U) ⁹The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses^(V) and chariots, horsemen^[c] and troops^(W)—pursued the Israelites and overtook^(X) them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.^(Y)

¹⁰As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried^(Z) out to the Lord. ¹¹They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die?^(AA) What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? ¹²Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”^(AB)

¹³Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid.^(AC) Stand firm and you will see^(AD) the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see^(AE) again. ¹⁴The Lord will fight^(AF) for you; you need only to be still.”^(AG)

¹⁵Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me?^(AH) Tell the Israelites to move on. ¹⁶Raise your staff^(AI) and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water^(AJ) so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. ¹⁷I will harden the hearts^(AK) of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them.^(AL) And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. ¹⁸The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord^(AM) when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.”

¹⁹Then the angel of God,^(AN) who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud^(AO) also moved from in front and stood behind^(AP) them, ²⁰coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness^(AQ) to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.

²¹Then Moses stretched out his hand^(AR) over the sea,^(AS) and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind^(AT) and turned it into dry land.^(AU) The waters were divided,^(AV) ²²and the Israelites went through the sea^(AW) on dry ground,^(AX) with a wall^(AY) of water on their right and on their left.

²³The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen^(AZ) followed them into the sea. ²⁴During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud^(BA) at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion.^(BB) ²⁵He jammed^[d] the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting^(BC) for them against Egypt.”^(BD)

²⁶Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” ²⁷Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place.^(BE) The Egyptians were fleeing toward^[e] it, and the Lord swept them into the sea.^(BF) ²⁸The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea.^(BG) Not one of them survived.^(BH)

²⁹But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground,^(BI) with a wall^(BJ) of water on their right and on their left. ³⁰That day the Lord saved^(BK) Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. ³¹And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand^(BL) of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared^(BM) the Lord and put their trust^(BN) in him and in Moses his servant.

The Song of Moses and Miriam

15 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song^(BO) to the Lord:

“I will sing^(BP) to the Lord,
for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver^(BQ)
he has hurled into the sea.^(BR)

²“The Lord is my strength^(BS) and my defense^[f];
    he has become my salvation.^(BT)
He is my God,^(BU) and I will praise him,
    my father’s God, and I will exalt^(BV) him.
³The Lord is a warrior;^(BW)
    the Lord is his name.^(BX)
⁴Pharaoh’s chariots and his army^(BY)
    he has hurled into the sea.
The best of Pharaoh’s officers
    are drowned in the Red Sea.^[g]
⁵The deep waters^(BZ) have covered them;
    they sank to the depths like a stone.^(CA)
⁶Your right hand,^(CB) Lord,
    was majestic in power.
Your right hand,^(CC) Lord,
    shattered^(CD) the enemy.

⁷“In the greatness of your majesty^(CE)
    you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;^(CF)
    it consumed^(CG) them like stubble.
⁸By the blast of your nostrils^(CH)
    the waters piled up.^(CI)
The surging waters stood up like a wall;^(CJ)
    the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.^(CK)
⁹The enemy boasted,
    ‘I will pursue,^(CL) I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;^(CM)
    I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
    and my hand will destroy them.’
¹⁰But you blew with your breath,^(CN)
    and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
    in the mighty waters.^(CO)
¹¹Who among the gods
    is like you,^(CP) Lord?
Who is like you—
    majestic in holiness,^(CQ)
awesome in glory,^(CR)
    working wonders?^(CS)

¹²“You stretch out^(CT) your right hand,
    and the earth swallows your enemies.^(CU)
¹³In your unfailing love you will lead^(CV)
    the people you have redeemed.^(CW)
In your strength you will guide them
    to your holy dwelling.^(CX)
¹⁴The nations will hear and tremble;^(CY)
    anguish^(CZ) will grip the people of Philistia.^(DA)
¹⁵The chiefs^(DB) of Edom^(DC) will be terrified,
    the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling,^(DD)
the people^[h] of Canaan will melt^(DE) away;
¹⁶    terror^(DF) and dread will fall on them.
By the power of your arm
    they will be as still as a stone^(DG)—
until your people pass by, Lord,
    until the people you bought^[i]^(DH) pass by.^(DI)
¹⁷You will bring^(DJ) them in and plant^(DK) them
    on the mountain^(DL) of your inheritance—
the place, Lord, you made for your dwelling,^(DM)
    the sanctuary,^(DN) Lord, your hands established.

¹⁸“The Lord reigns
for ever and ever.”^(DO)

¹⁹When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen^[j] went into the sea,^(DP) the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.^(DQ) ²⁰Then Miriam^(DR) the prophet,^(DS) Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels^(DT) and dancing.^(DU) ²¹Miriam sang^(DV) to them:

“Sing to the Lord,
for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver^(DW)
he has hurled into the sea.”^(DX)

The Waters of Marah and Elim

²²Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert^(DY) of Shur.^(DZ) For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water.^(EA) ²³When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.^[k]^(EB)) ²⁴So the people grumbled^(EC) against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”^(ED)

²⁵Then Moses cried out^(EE) to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw^(EF) it into the water, and the water became fit to drink.

There the Lord issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test.^(EG) ²⁶He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep^(EH) all his decrees,^(EI) I will not bring on you any of the diseases^(EJ) I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals^(EK) you.”

²⁷Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped^(EL) there near the water.

Manna and Quail

16 The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin,^(EM) which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt.^(EN) ²In the desert the whole community grumbled^(EO) against Moses and Aaron. ³The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt!^(EP) There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food^(EQ) we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”^(ER)

⁴Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven^(ES) for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test^(ET) them and see whether they will follow my instructions. ⁵On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice^(EU) as much as they gather on the other days.”

⁶So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “In the evening you will know that it was the Lord who brought you out of Egypt,^(EV) ⁷and in the morning you will see the glory^(EW) of the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling^(EX) against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?”^(EY) ⁸Moses also said, “You will know that it was the Lord when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling^(EZ) against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord.”^(FA)

⁹Then Moses told Aaron, “Say to the entire Israelite community, ‘Come before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’”

¹⁰While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory^(FB) of the Lord appearing in the cloud.^(FC)

¹¹The Lord said to Moses, ¹²“I have heard the grumbling^(FD) of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’”^(FE)

¹³That evening quail^(FF) came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew^(FG) around the camp. ¹⁴When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost^(FH) on the ground appeared on the desert floor. ¹⁵When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know^(FI) what it was.

Moses said to them, “It is the bread^(FJ) the Lord has given you to eat. ¹⁶This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer^[l]^(FK) for each person you have in your tent.’”

¹⁷The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. ¹⁸And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.^(FL) Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed.

¹⁹Then Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.”^(FM)

²⁰However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell.^(FN) So Moses was angry^(FO) with them.

²¹Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. ²²On the sixth day, they gathered twice^(FP) as much—two omers^[m] for each person—and the leaders of the community^(FQ) came and reported this to Moses. ²³He said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath^(FR) to the Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.’”

²⁴So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. ²⁵“Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a sabbath to the Lord. You will not find any of it on the ground today. ²⁶Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath,^(FS) there will not be any.”

²⁷Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none. ²⁸Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you^[n] refuse to keep my commands^(FT) and my instructions? ²⁹Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.” ³⁰So the people rested on the seventh day.

³¹The people of Israel called the bread manna.^[o]^(FU) It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. ³²Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.’”

³³So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar and put an omer of manna^(FV) in it. Then place it before the Lord to be kept for the generations to come.”

³⁴As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law,^(FW) so that it might be preserved. ³⁵The Israelites ate manna^(FX) forty years,^(FY) until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.^(FZ)

³⁶(An omer^(GA) is one-tenth of an ephah.)^(GB)

Water From the Rock

17 The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin,^(GC) traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim,^(GD) but there was no water^(GE) for the people to drink. ²So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water^(GF) to drink.”^(GG)

Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?”^(GH)

³But the people were thirsty^(GI) for water there, and they grumbled^(GJ) against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die^(GK) of thirst?”

⁴Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone^(GL) me.”

⁵The Lord answered Moses, “Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff^(GM) with which you struck the Nile,^(GN) and go. ⁶I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb.^(GO) Strike^(GP) the rock, and water^(GQ) will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. ⁷And he called the place Massah^[p]^(GR) and Meribah^[q]^(GS) because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

The Amalekites Defeated

⁸The Amalekites^(GT) came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.^(GU) ⁹Moses said to Joshua,^(GV) “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff^(GW) of God in my hands.”

¹⁰So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur^(GX) went to the top of the hill. ¹¹As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning,^(GY) but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. ¹²When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset.^(GZ) ¹³So Joshua overcame the Amalekite^(HA) army with the sword.

¹⁴Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write^(HB) this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out^(HC) the name of Amalek^(HD) from under heaven.”

¹⁵Moses built an altar^(HE) and called^(HF) it The Lord is my Banner. ¹⁶He said, “Because hands were lifted up against^[r] the throne of the Lord,^[s] the Lord will be at war against the Amalekites^(HG) from generation to generation.”^(HH)

Footnotes

Exodus 13:18 Or the Sea of Reeds
Exodus 13:19 See Gen. 50:25.
Exodus 14:9 Or charioteers; also in verses 17, 18, 23, 26 and 28
Exodus 14:25 See Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text removed
Exodus 14:27 Or from
Exodus 15:2 Or song
Exodus 15:4 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 22
Exodus 15:15 Or rulers
Exodus 15:16 Or created
Exodus 15:19 Or charioteers
Exodus 15:23 Marah means bitter.
Exodus 16:16 That is, possibly about 3 pounds or about 1.4 kilograms; also in verses 18, 32, 33 and 36
Exodus 16:22 That is, possibly about 6 pounds or about 2.8 kilograms
Exodus 16:28 The Hebrew is plural.
Exodus 16:31 Manna sounds like the Hebrew for What is it? (see verse 15).
Exodus 17:7 Massah means testing.
Exodus 17:7 Meribah means quarreling.
Exodus 17:16 Or to
Exodus 17:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

Exodus 13:17-17:16

King James Version

¹⁷And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

¹⁸But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁹And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

²⁰And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

²¹And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

²²He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

14 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

²Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.

³For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

⁴And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so.

⁵And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

⁶And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:

⁷And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

⁸And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

⁹But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.

¹⁰And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord.

¹¹And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

¹²Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

¹³And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

¹⁴The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

¹⁵And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

¹⁶But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

¹⁷And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

¹⁸And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

¹⁹And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

²⁰And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

²¹And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

²²And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

²³And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

²⁴And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,

²⁵And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

²⁶And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

²⁷And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

²⁸And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

²⁹But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

³⁰Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.

³¹And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.

15 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

²The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.

³The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.

⁴Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.

⁵The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

⁶Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

⁷And 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.

⁸And 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.

⁹The 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.

¹⁰Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

¹¹Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

¹²Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

¹³Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

¹⁴The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

¹⁵Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

¹⁶Fear 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 Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

¹⁷Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

¹⁸The Lord shall reign for ever and ever.

¹⁹For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

²⁰And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

²¹And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

²²So Moses brought Israel 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.

²³And 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.

²⁴And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

²⁵And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord 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,

²⁶And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

²⁷And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

16 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

²And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

³And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

⁴Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

⁵And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.

⁶And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:

⁷And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?

⁸And Moses said, This shall be, when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord.

⁹And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the Lord: for he hath heard your murmurings.

¹⁰And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.

¹¹And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

¹²I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.

¹³And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

¹⁴And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

¹⁵And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.

¹⁶This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.

¹⁷And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

¹⁸And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

¹⁹And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.

²⁰Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.

²¹And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

²²And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

²³And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

²⁴And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.

²⁵And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord: to day ye shall not find it in the field.

²⁶Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.

²⁷And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

²⁸And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

²⁹See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

³⁰So the people rested on the seventh day.

³¹And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

³²And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

³³And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations.

³⁴As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

³⁵And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

³⁶Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

17 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

²Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?

³And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

⁴And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

⁵And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.

⁶Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

⁷And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?

⁸Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

⁹And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

¹⁰So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

¹¹And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

¹²But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

¹³And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

¹⁴And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

¹⁵And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:

¹⁶For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

Judges 4:4-5:31

New King James Version

⁴Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time. ⁵^(A)And she would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. ⁶Then she sent and called for ^(B)Barak the son of Abinoam from ^(C)Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, “Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded, ‘Go and ^[a]deploy troops at Mount ^(D)Tabor; take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun; ⁷and against you ^(E)I will deploy Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude at the ^(F)River Kishon; and I will ^[b]deliver him into your hand’?”

⁸And Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go!”

⁹So she said, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for the Lord will ^(G)sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. ¹⁰And Barak called ^(H)Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men ^(I)under^[c] his command, and Deborah went up with him.

¹¹Now Heber ^(J)the Kenite, of the children of ^(K)Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had separated himself from the Kenites and pitched his tent near the terebinth tree at Zaanaim, ^(L)which is beside Kedesh.

¹²And they reported to Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor. ¹³So Sisera gathered together all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth Hagoyim to the River Kishon.

¹⁴Then Deborah said to Barak, ^[d]“Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has delivered Sisera into your hand. ^(M)Has not the Lord gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. ¹⁵And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot. ¹⁶But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth Hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was ^(N)left.

¹⁷However, Sisera had fled away on foot to the tent of ^(O)Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. ¹⁸And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; do not fear.” And when he had turned aside with her into the tent, she covered him with a ^[e]blanket.

¹⁹Then he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened ^(P)a jug of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him. ²⁰And he said to her, “Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’ ”

²¹Then Jael, Heber’s wife, ^(Q)took a tent peg and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground; for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. ²²And then, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, “Come, I will show you the man whom you seek.” And when he went into her tent, there lay Sisera, dead with the peg in his temple.

²³So on that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan in the presence of the children of Israel. ²⁴And the hand of the children of Israel grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

The Song of Deborah

5 Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam ^(R)sang on that day, saying:

²“When^[f] leaders ^(S)lead in Israel,
^(T)When the people ^[g]willingly offer themselves,
Bless the Lord!

³“Hear,^(U) O kings! Give ear, O princes!
I, even ^(V)I, will sing to the Lord;
I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.

⁴“Lord, ^(W)when You went out from Seir,
When You marched from ^(X)the field of Edom,
The earth trembled and the heavens poured,
The clouds also poured water;
⁵^(Y)The mountains ^[h]gushed before the Lord,
^(Z)This Sinai, before the Lord God of Israel.

⁶“In the days of ^(AA)Shamgar, son of Anath,
In the days of ^(AB)Jael,
^(AC)The highways were deserted,
And the travelers walked along the byways.
⁷Village life ceased, it ceased in Israel,
Until I, Deborah, arose,
Arose a mother in Israel.
⁸They chose ^(AD)new gods;
Then there was war in the gates;
Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.
⁹My heart is with the rulers of Israel
Who offered themselves willingly with the people.
Bless the Lord!

¹⁰“Speak, you who ride on white ^(AE)donkeys,
Who sit in judges’ attire,
And who walk along the road.
¹¹Far from the noise of the archers, among the watering places,
There they shall recount the righteous acts of the Lord,
The righteous acts for His villagers in Israel;
Then the people of the Lord shall go down to the gates.

¹²“Awake,^(AF) awake, Deborah!
Awake, awake, sing a song!
Arise, Barak, and lead your captives away,
O son of Abinoam!

¹³“Then the survivors came down, the people against the nobles;
The Lord came down for me against the mighty.
¹⁴From Ephraim were those whose roots were in ^(AG)Amalek.
After you, Benjamin, with your peoples,
From Machir rulers came down,
And from Zebulun those who bear the recruiter’s staff.
¹⁵And ^[i]the princes of Issachar were with Deborah;
As Issachar, so was Barak
Sent into the valley ^[j]under his command;
Among the divisions of Reuben
There were great resolves of heart.
¹⁶Why did you sit among the sheepfolds,
To hear the pipings for the flocks?
The divisions of Reuben have great searchings of heart.
¹⁷^(AH)Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan,
And why did Dan remain ^[k]on ships?
^(AI)Asher continued at the seashore,
And stayed by his inlets.
¹⁸^(AJ)Zebulun is a people who jeopardized their lives to the point of death,
Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.

¹⁹“The kings came and fought,
Then the kings of Canaan fought
In ^(AK)Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo;
They took no spoils of silver.
²⁰They fought from the heavens;
The stars from their courses fought against Sisera.
²¹^(AL)The torrent of Kishon swept them away,
That ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon.
O my soul, march on in strength!
²²Then the horses’ hooves pounded,
The galloping, galloping of his steeds.
²³‘Curse Meroz,’ said the ^[l]angel of the Lord,
‘Curse its inhabitants bitterly,
Because they did not come to the help of the Lord,
To the help of the Lord against the mighty.’

²⁴“Most blessed among women is Jael,
The wife of Heber the Kenite;
^(AM)Blessed is she among women in tents.
²⁵He asked for water, she gave milk;
She brought out cream in a lordly bowl.
²⁶She stretched her hand to the tent peg,
Her right hand to the workmen’s hammer;
She pounded Sisera, she pierced his head,
She split and struck through his temple.
²⁷At her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still;
At her feet he sank, he fell;
Where he sank, there he fell ^(AN)dead.

²⁸“The mother of Sisera looked through the window,
And cried out through the lattice,
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarries the clatter of his chariots?’
²⁹Her wisest ^[m]ladies answered her,
Yes, she ^[n]answered herself,
³⁰‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil:
To every man a girl or two;
For Sisera, plunder of dyed garments,
Plunder of garments embroidered and dyed,
Two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?’

³¹“Thus let all Your enemies ^(AO)perish, O Lord!
But let those who love Him be ^(AP)like the ^(AQ)sun
When it comes out in full ^(AR)strength.”

So the land had rest for forty years.

Footnotes

Judges 4:6 march
Judges 4:7 Lit. draw
Judges 4:10 Lit. at his feet
Judges 4:14 Arise!
Judges 4:18 rug
Judges 5:2 Or When locks are loosed
Judges 5:2 volunteer
Judges 5:5 flowed
Judges 5:15 So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT And my princes in Issachar
Judges 5:15 Lit. at his feet
Judges 5:17 Or at ease
Judges 5:23 Or Angel
Judges 5:29 princesses
Judges 5:29 Lit. repeats her words to herself

Judges 4:4-5:31

New International Version

⁴Now Deborah,^(A) a prophet,^(B) the wife of Lappidoth, was leading^[a] Israel at that time. ⁵She held court^(C) under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah^(D) and Bethel^(E) in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided. ⁶She sent for Barak son of Abinoam^(F) from Kedesh^(G) in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali^(H) and Zebulun^(I) and lead them up to Mount Tabor.^(J) ⁷I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s^(K) army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River^(L) and give him into your hands.^(M)’”

⁸Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.”

⁹“Certainly I will go with you,” said Deborah. “But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.^(N) ¹⁰There Barak summoned^(O) Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men went up under his command. Deborah also went up with him.

¹¹Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites,^(P) the descendants of Hobab,^(Q) Moses’ brother-in-law,^[b] and pitched his tent by the great tree^(R) in Zaanannim^(S) near Kedesh.

¹²When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,^(T) ¹³Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River^(U) all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.^(V)

¹⁴Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands.^(W) Has not the Lord gone ahead^(X) of you?” So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him. ¹⁵At Barak’s advance, the Lord routed^(Y) Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot.

¹⁶Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all Sisera’s troops fell by the sword; not a man was left.^(Z) ¹⁷Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael,^(AA) the wife of Heber the Kenite,^(AB) because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor^(AC) and the family of Heber the Kenite.

¹⁸Jael^(AD) went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come, my lord, come right in. Don’t be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

¹⁹“I’m thirsty,” he said. “Please give me some water.” She opened a skin of milk,^(AE) gave him a drink, and covered him up.

²⁰“Stand in the doorway of the tent,” he told her. “If someone comes by and asks you, ‘Is anyone in there?’ say ‘No.’”

²¹But Jael,^(AF) Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep,^(AG) exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.^(AH)

²²Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael^(AI) went out to meet him. “Come,” she said, “I will show you the man you’re looking for.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple—dead.^(AJ)

²³On that day God subdued^(AK) Jabin^(AL) king of Canaan before the Israelites. ²⁴And the hand of the Israelites pressed harder and harder against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.^(AM)

The Song of Deborah

5 On that day Deborah^(AN) and Barak son of Abinoam^(AO) sang this song:^(AP)

²“When the princes in Israel take the lead,
when the people willingly offer^(AQ) themselves—
praise the Lord!^(AR)

³“Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers!
I, even I, will sing to^[c] the Lord;^(AS)
I will praise the Lord, the God of Israel, in song.^(AT)

⁴“When you, Lord, went out^(AU) from Seir,^(AV)
    when you marched from the land of Edom,
the earth shook,^(AW) the heavens poured,
    the clouds poured down water.^(AX)
⁵The mountains quaked^(AY) before the Lord, the One of Sinai,
    before the Lord, the God of Israel.

⁶“In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,^(AZ)
    in the days of Jael,^(BA) the highways^(BB) were abandoned;
    travelers took to winding paths.^(BC)
⁷Villagers in Israel would not fight;
    they held back until I, Deborah,^(BD) arose,
    until I arose, a mother in Israel.
⁸God chose new leaders^(BE)
    when war came to the city gates,^(BF)
but not a shield or spear^(BG) was seen
    among forty thousand in Israel.
⁹My heart is with Israel’s princes,
    with the willing volunteers^(BH) among the people.
    Praise the Lord!

¹⁰“You who ride on white donkeys,^(BI)
    sitting on your saddle blankets,
    and you who walk along the road,
consider ¹¹the voice of the singers^[d] at the watering places.
    They recite the victories^(BJ) of the Lord,
    the victories of his villagers in Israel.

“Then the people of the Lord
    went down to the city gates.^(BK)
¹²‘Wake up,^(BL) wake up, Deborah!^(BM)
    Wake up, wake up, break out in song!
Arise, Barak!^(BN)
    Take captive your captives,^(BO) son of Abinoam.’

¹³“The remnant of the nobles came down;
    the people of the Lord came down to me against the mighty.
¹⁴Some came from Ephraim,^(BP) whose roots were in Amalek;^(BQ)
    Benjamin^(BR) was with the people who followed you.
From Makir^(BS) captains came down,
    from Zebulun those who bear a commander’s^[e] staff.
¹⁵The princes of Issachar^(BT) were with Deborah;^(BU)
    yes, Issachar was with Barak,^(BV)
    sent under his command into the valley.
In the districts of Reuben
    there was much searching of heart.
¹⁶Why did you stay among the sheep pens^[f]^(BW)
    to hear the whistling for the flocks?^(BX)
In the districts of Reuben
    there was much searching of heart.
¹⁷Gilead^(BY) stayed beyond the Jordan.
    And Dan, why did he linger by the ships?
Asher^(BZ) remained on the coast^(CA)
    and stayed in his coves.
¹⁸The people of Zebulun^(CB) risked their very lives;
    so did Naphtali^(CC) on the terraced fields.^(CD)

¹⁹“Kings came^(CE), they fought,
    the kings of Canaan fought.
At Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo,^(CF)
    they took no plunder of silver.^(CG)
²⁰From the heavens^(CH) the stars fought,
    from their courses they fought against Sisera.
²¹The river Kishon^(CI) swept them away,
    the age-old river, the river Kishon.
    March on, my soul; be strong!^(CJ)
²²Then thundered the horses’ hooves—
    galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds.^(CK)
²³‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord.
    ‘Curse its people bitterly,
because they did not come to help the Lord,
    to help the Lord against the mighty.’

²⁴“Most blessed of women^(CL) be Jael,^(CM)
    the wife of Heber the Kenite,^(CN)
    most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
²⁵He asked for water, and she gave him milk;^(CO)
    in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.
²⁶Her hand reached for the tent peg,
    her right hand for the workman’s hammer.
She struck Sisera, she crushed his head,
    she shattered and pierced his temple.^(CP)
²⁷At her feet he sank,
    he fell; there he lay.
At her feet he sank, he fell;
    where he sank, there he fell—dead^(CQ).

²⁸“Through the window^(CR) peered Sisera’s mother;
    behind the lattice she cried out,^(CS)
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
    Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?’
²⁹The wisest of her ladies answer her;
    indeed, she keeps saying to herself,
³⁰‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoils:^(CT)
    a woman or two for each man,
colorful garments as plunder for Sisera,
    colorful garments embroidered,
highly embroidered garments^(CU) for my neck—
    all this as plunder?^(CV)’

³¹“So may all your enemies perish,^(CW) Lord!
But may all who love you be like the sun^(CX)
when it rises in its strength.”^(CY)

Then the land had peace^(CZ) forty years.

Footnotes

Judges 4:4 Traditionally judging
Judges 4:11 Or father-in-law
Judges 5:3 Or of
Judges 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Judges 5:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Judges 5:16 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags

Judges 4:4-5:31

King James Version

⁴And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

⁵And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

⁶And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

⁷And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

⁸And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

⁹And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

¹⁰And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

¹¹Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

¹²And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.

¹³And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.

¹⁴And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the Lord gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

¹⁵And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

¹⁶But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.

¹⁷Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

¹⁸And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.

¹⁹And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

²⁰Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

²¹Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

²²And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.

²³So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

²⁴And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

5 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,

²Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

³Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.

⁴Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.

⁵The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.

⁶In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.

⁷The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

⁸They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

⁹My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.

¹⁰Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.

¹¹They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.

¹²Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

¹³Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.

¹⁴Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

¹⁵And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.

¹⁶Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

¹⁷Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.

¹⁸Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

¹⁹The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

²⁰They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

²¹The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

²²Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.

²³Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

²⁴Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

²⁵He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

²⁶She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.

²⁷At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

²⁸The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

²⁹Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,

³⁰Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?

³¹So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

John 6:15-71

New King James Version

Jesus Walks on the Sea^(A)

¹⁵Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him ^(B)king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.

¹⁶^(C)Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷got into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them. ¹⁸Then the sea arose because a great wind was blowing. ¹⁹So when they had rowed about ^[a]three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat; and they were ^(D)afraid. ²⁰But He said to them, ^(E)“It is I; do not be afraid.” ²¹Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.

The Bread from Heaven

²²On the following day, when the people who were standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except ^[b]that one ^[c]which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with His disciples, but His disciples had gone away alone— ²³however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks— ²⁴when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, ^(F)seeking Jesus. ²⁵And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?”

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. ²⁷^(G)Do not labor for the food which perishes, but ^(H)for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, ^(I)because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

²⁸Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?”

²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, ^(J)“This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”

³⁰Therefore they said to Him, ^(K)“What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do? ³¹^(L)Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ^(M)‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

³²Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but ^(N)My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

³⁴^(O)Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”

³⁵And Jesus said to them, ^(P)“I am the bread of life. ^(Q)He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never ^(R)thirst. ³⁶^(S)But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet ^(T)do not believe. ³⁷^(U)All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and ^(V)the one who comes to Me I will ^[d]by no means cast out. ³⁸For I have come down from heaven, ^(W)not to do My own will, ^(X)but the will of Him who sent Me. ³⁹This is the will of the Father who sent Me, ^(Y)that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. ⁴⁰And this is the will of Him who sent Me, ^(Z)that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Rejected by His Own

⁴¹The Jews then ^[e]complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” ⁴²And they said, ^(AA)“Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

⁴³Jesus therefore answered and said to them, ^[f]“Do not murmur among yourselves. ⁴⁴^(AB)No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me ^(AC)draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁴⁵It is written in the prophets, ^(AD)‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ ^(AE)Therefore everyone who ^[g]has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. ⁴⁶^(AF)Not that anyone has seen the Father, ^(AG)except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. ⁴⁷Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(AH)he who believes ^[h]in Me has everlasting life. ⁴⁸^(AI)I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹^(AJ)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. ⁵⁰^(AK)This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. ⁵¹I am the living bread ^(AL)which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and ^(AM)the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

⁵²The Jews therefore ^(AN)quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

⁵³Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless ^(AO)you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. ⁵⁴^(AP)Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵For My flesh is ^[i]food indeed, and My blood is ^[j]drink indeed. ⁵⁶He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood ^(AQ)abides in Me, and I in him. ⁵⁷As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. ⁵⁸^(AR)This is the bread which came down from heaven—not ^(AS)as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

⁵⁹These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Turn Away

⁶⁰^(AT)Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a ^[k]hard saying; who can understand it?”

⁶¹When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples ^[l]complained about this, He said to them, “Does this ^[m]offend you? ⁶²^(AU)What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? ⁶³^(AV)It is the Spirit who gives life; the ^(AW)flesh profits nothing. The ^(AX)words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. ⁶⁴But ^(AY)there are some of you who do not believe.” For ^(AZ)Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. ⁶⁵And He said, “Therefore ^(BA)I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”

⁶⁶^(BB)From that time many of His disciples went ^[n]back and walked with Him no more. ⁶⁷Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”

⁶⁸But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(BC)the words of eternal life. ⁶⁹^(BD)Also we have come to believe and know that You are the ^[o]Christ, the Son of the living God.”

⁷⁰Jesus answered them, ^(BE)“Did I not choose you, the twelve, ^(BF)and one of you is a devil?” ⁷¹He spoke of ^(BG)Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would ^(BH)betray Him, being one of the twelve.

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John 6:19 Lit. 25 or 30 stadia
John 6:22 NU omits that
John 6:22 NU omits which His disciples had entered
John 6:37 certainly not
John 6:41 grumbled
John 6:43 Stop grumbling
John 6:45 M hears and has learned
John 6:47 NU omits in Me
John 6:55 NU true food
John 6:55 NU true drink
John 6:60 difficult
John 6:61 grumbled
John 6:61 make you stumble
John 6:66 Or away; lit. to the back
John 6:69 NU Holy One of God.

John 6:15-71

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¹⁵Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king^(A) by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.^(B)

Jesus Walks on the Water^(C)

¹⁶When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, ¹⁷where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. ¹⁸A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. ¹⁹When they had rowed about three or four miles,^[a] they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water;^(D) and they were frightened. ²⁰But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.”^(E) ²¹Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

²²The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake^(F) realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone.^(G) ²³Then some boats from Tiberias^(H) landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.^(I) ²⁴Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.

Jesus the Bread of Life

²⁵When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi,^(J) when did you get here?”

²⁶Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me,^(K) not because you saw the signs^(L) I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. ²⁷Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures^(M) to eternal life,^(N) which the Son of Man^(O) will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal^(P) of approval.”

²⁸Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

²⁹Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe^(Q) in the one he has sent.”^(R)

³⁰So they asked him, “What sign^(S) then will you give that we may see it and believe you?^(T) What will you do? ³¹Our ancestors ate the manna^(U) in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’^[b]”^(V)

³²Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven^(W) and gives life to the world.”

³⁴“Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”^(X)

³⁵Then Jesus declared, “I am^(Y) the bread of life.^(Z) Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes^(AA) in me will never be thirsty.^(AB) ³⁶But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. ³⁷All those the Father gives me^(AC) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. ³⁸For I have come down from heaven^(AD) not to do my will but to do the will^(AE) of him who sent me.^(AF) ³⁹And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,^(AG) but raise them up at the last day.^(AH) ⁴⁰For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son^(AI) and believes in him shall have eternal life,^(AJ) and I will raise them up at the last day.”

⁴¹At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” ⁴²They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,^(AK) whose father and mother we know?^(AL) How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”^(AM)

⁴³“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. ⁴⁴“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them,^(AN) and I will raise them up at the last day. ⁴⁵It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’^[c]^(AO) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. ⁴⁶No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;^(AP) only he has seen the Father. ⁴⁷Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.^(AQ) ⁴⁸I am the bread of life.^(AR) ⁴⁹Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.^(AS) ⁵⁰But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,^(AT) which anyone may eat and not die. ⁵¹I am the living bread^(AU) that came down from heaven.^(AV) Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”^(AW)

⁵²Then the Jews^(AX) began to argue sharply among themselves,^(AY) “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

⁵³Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh^(AZ) of the Son of Man^(BA) and drink his blood,^(BB) you have no life in you. ⁵⁴Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.^(BC) ⁵⁵For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. ⁵⁶Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.^(BD) ⁵⁷Just as the living Father sent me^(BE) and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. ⁵⁸This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”^(BF) ⁵⁹He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

⁶⁰On hearing it, many of his disciples^(BG) said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”^(BH)

⁶¹Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?^(BI) ⁶²Then what if you see the Son of Man^(BJ) ascend to where he was before!^(BK) ⁶³The Spirit gives life;^(BL) the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit^[d] and life. ⁶⁴Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known^(BM) from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.^(BN) ⁶⁵He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”^(BO)

⁶⁶From this time many of his disciples^(BP) turned back and no longer followed him.

⁶⁷“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.^(BQ)

⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him,^(BR) “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.^(BS) ⁶⁹We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”^(BT)

⁷⁰Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you,^(BU) the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”^(BV) ⁷¹(He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot,^(BW) who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)^(BX)

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John 6:19 Or about 5 or 6 kilometers
John 6:31 Exodus 16:4; Neh. 9:15; Psalm 78:24,25
John 6:45 Isaiah 54:13
John 6:63 Or are Spirit; or are spirit

John 6:15-71

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¹⁵When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

¹⁶And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,

¹⁷And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.

¹⁸And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

¹⁹So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.

²⁰But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.

²¹Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.

²²The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;

²³(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)

²⁴When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.

²⁵And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

²⁷Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

²⁸Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

²⁹Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

³⁰They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

³¹Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

³²Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

³³For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

³⁴Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

³⁵And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

³⁶But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.

³⁷All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

³⁸For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

³⁹And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

⁴⁰And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁴¹The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

⁴²And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

⁴³Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

⁴⁴No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁴⁵It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

⁴⁶Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

⁴⁷Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

⁴⁸I am that bread of life.

⁴⁹Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

⁵⁰This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

⁵¹I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

⁵²The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

⁵³Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

⁵⁴Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁵⁵For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

⁵⁶He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

⁵⁷As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

⁵⁸This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

⁵⁹These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

⁶⁰Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

⁶¹When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?

⁶²What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

⁶³It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

⁶⁴But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

⁶⁵And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

⁶⁶From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

⁶⁷Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

⁶⁸Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

⁶⁹And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.

⁷⁰Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

⁷¹He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.

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Exodus 13:17-17:16 New King James Version

The Wilderness Way(A)

The Red Sea Crossing

The Song of Moses(AX)

The Song of Miriam(CO)

Bitter Waters Made Sweet

Bread from Heaven

Water from the Rock(ES)

Victory over the Amalekites(FG)

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Exodus 13:17-17:16 New International Version

Crossing the Sea

The Song of Moses and Miriam

The Waters of Marah and Elim

Manna and Quail

Water From the Rock

The Amalekites Defeated

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Judges 4:4-5:31 New King James Version

The Song of Deborah

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The Song of Deborah

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Jesus Walks on the Sea(A)

The Bread from Heaven

Rejected by His Own

Many Disciples Turn Away

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Jesus Walks on the Water(C)

Jesus the Bread of Life

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

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Exodus 13:17-17:16

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The Wilderness Way^(A)

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The Song of Miriam^(CO)

Water from the Rock^(ES)

Victory over the Amalekites^(FG)

Exodus 13:17-17:16

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Judges 4:4-5:31

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Judges 4:4-5:31

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Judges 4:4-5:31

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John 6:15-71

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Jesus Walks on the Sea^(A)

John 6:15-71

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Jesus Walks on the Water^(C)

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