Exodus 15:11-13

11 Who among the gods is like you, LORD? Who is like you— majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?

12 “You stretch out your right hand, and the earth swallows your enemies.

13 In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling.

Exodus 15:11-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 15

This chapter contains the song of Moses, and of the children of Israel, on the banks of the Red sea; in which they celebrate their passage through it, the destruction of Pharaoh and his host in it, and the glory of the divine perfections displayed therein, interspersed with prophetic hints of things future, Ex 15:1-19 which same song was sung by the women, with Miriam at the head of them, attended with timbrels and dances, Ex 15:20,21, an account is given of the march of the children of Israel from the Red sea to the wilderness of Shur, and of the bitter waters found at Marah, which occasioned a murmuring, and of their being made sweet by casting a tree into them, Ex 15:22-25 when they were told by the Lord, that if they would yield obedience to his commandments, they should be free from the diseases the Egyptians had been afflicted with, Ex 15:26, and the chapter is concluded with their coming to Elim, where they found twelve wells of water, and seventy palm trees, and there encamped, Ex 15:27.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 8:10; Deuteronomy 3:24; Psalms 77:13; S Isaiah 46:5
• 2. S Exodus 7:5
• 3. Numbers 16:32; Numbers 26:10; Deuteronomy 11:6; Psalms 106:17
• 4. Nehemiah 9:12; Psalms 77:20
• 5. S Exodus 6:6; Job 33:28; Psalms 71:23; Psalms 106:10; Isaiah 1:27; Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 44:22-24; Isaiah 51:10; Isaiah 63:9; Titus 2:14
• 6. ver 17; Psalms 68:16; Psalms 76:2; Psalms 78:54