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16 B’shallach – Day 4
Sh’moth 14:26-15:26
Then YHWH said to Mosheh, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, and let the waters come back upon the Mitsrites, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.”
And Mosheh stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its usual flow, at the break of day, with the Mitsrites fleeing into it. Thus YHWH overthrew the Mitsrites in the midst of the sea, and the waters returned and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them, and not even one was left of them.
And the children of Yisra’ěl walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right and on their left.
Thus YHWH saved Yisra’ěl that day out of the hand of the Mitsrites, and Yisra’ěl saw the Mitsrites dead on the seashore.
And Yisra’ěl saw the great work which YHWH had done in Mitsrayim, and the people feared YHWH, and believed YHWH and His servant Mosheh.
Then Mosheh and the children of Yisra’ěl sang this song to YHWH, and spoke, saying, “I sing to YHWH, for He is highly exalted! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!
“Yah is my strength and song, and He has become my deliverance. He is my Ěl, and I praise Him – Elohim of my father, and I exalt Him.
“YHWH is a man of battle, YHWH is His Name.
“He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea, and his chosen officers are drowned in the Sea of Reeds.
“The depths covered them, they went down to the bottom like a stone.
“Your right hand, O YHWH, has become great in power. Your right hand, O YHWH, has crushed the enemy.
“And in the greatness of Your excellence You pulled down those who rose up against You. You sent forth Your wrath, it consumed them like stubble.
“And with the wind of Your nostrils the waters were heaped up, the floods stood like a wall, the depths became stiff in the heart of the sea.
“The enemy said, ‘I pursue, I overtake, I divide the spoil, my being is satisfied on them. I draw out my sword, my hand destroys them.’
“You did blow with Your wind, the sea covered them, they sank like lead in the mighty waters.
“Who is like You, O YHWH, among the mighty ones? Who is like You, great in set-apartness, awesome in praises, working wonders?
“You stretched out Your right hand, the earth swallowed them.
“In Your mercy You led the people whom You have redeemed, in Your strength You guided them to Your set-apart dwelling.
“Peoples heard, they trembled, anguish gripped the inhabitants of Philistia.
“Then the chiefs of Eḏom were troubled, the mighty men of Mo’aḇ, trembling grips them, all the inhabitants of Kena‛an melted.
“Fear and dread fell on them, by the greatness of Your arm they are as silent as a stone, until Your people pass over, O YHWH, until the people, whom You have bought, pass over.
“You bring them in and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance, in the place, O YHWH, which You have made for Your own dwelling, the set-apart place, O YHWH, which Your hands have prepared.
“YHWH rules forever and ever.”
For the horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and YHWH brought back the waters of the sea upon them. And the children of Yisra’ěl went on dry ground in the midst of the sea.
And Miryam the prophetess, the sister of Aharon, took the timbrel in her hand. And all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
And Miryam answered them, “Sing to YHWH, for He is highly exalted! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!”
And Mosheh brought Yisra’ěl from the Sea of Reeds, and they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
And they came to Marah, and they were unable to drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. So the name of it was called Marah.
And the people grumbled against Mosheh, saying, “What are we to drink?”
Then he cried out to YHWH, and YHWH showed him a tree. And when he threw it into the waters, the waters were made sweet. There He made a law and a judgment for them, and there He tried them.
And He said, “If you diligently obey the voice of YHWH your Elohim and do what is right in His eyes, and shall listen to His commands and shall guard all His laws, I shall bring on you none of the diseases I brought on the Mitsrites, for I am YHWH who heals you.”