Exodus 13-15 - Israel Crosses the Red Sea

Sanctifying the Firstborn

Exo 13:2 LSB - [2] "Sanctify to Me every firstborn, the first offspring of every womb among the sons of Israel, both of man and beast; it belongs to Me."

The Feast of Unleavened Bread

Exo 13:8-9 LSB - [8] "And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, 'It is because of what Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt.' [9] "And it will be as a sign to you on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh brought you out of Egypt.

Exo 13:14-15 LSB - [14] "And it will be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' then you shall say to him, 'With a strong hand Yahweh brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery. [15] 'And it happened, when Pharaoh hardened [his heart] with stiffness about letting us go, that Yahweh killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to Yahweh the males, the first offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.'

Pillars of Cloud and Fire

Exo 13:17-18 LSB - [17] Now it happened that when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not guide them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, "Lest the people change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt." [18] Hence God turned the people to the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea; and the sons of Israel went up in battle array from the land of Egypt.

Exo 13:19 LSB - [19] And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, "God will surely take care of you, and you shall bring up my bones from here with you."

Exo 13:21 LSB - [21] And Yahweh was going before them in a pillar of cloud by day to guide them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might go by day and by night.

Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
by William Williams

1 Guide me, O my great Redeemer,

pilgrim through this barren land;

I am weak, but you are mighty;

hold me with your powerful hand.

Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,

feed me now and evermore,

feed me now and evermore.

2 Open now the crystal fountain,

where the healing waters flow.

Let the fire and cloudy pillar

lead me all my journey through.

Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,

ever be my strength and shield,

ever be my strength and shield.

3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,

bid my anxious fears subside.

Death of death, and hell's Destruction,

land me safe on Canaan's side.

Songs of praises, songs of praises

I will ever sing to you,

I will ever sing to you.

 

 Israel Crosses the Red Sea

Exo 14:3-4 LSB - [3] "And Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, 'They are wandering in confusion in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.' [4] "Thus I will harden Pharaoh's heart with strength, and he will pursue them; and I will be glorified through Pharaoh and all his army, so that the Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh." And they did so.

Exo 14:13-14 LSB - [13] But Moses said to the people, "Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of Yahweh which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever. [14] "Yahweh will fight for you, and you will keep silent."

Exo 14:21-22 LSB - [21] Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Yahweh swept the sea [back] by a strong east wind all night and made the sea into dry ground, so the waters were split. [22] So the sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters [were] a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

Exo 14:27-28 LSB - [27] So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak while the Egyptians were fleeing right into it; then Yahweh overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. [28] And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even Pharaoh's entire army that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of them remained.

Exo 14:29-31 LSB - [29] But the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters [were] a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. [30] Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. [31] Then Israel saw the great hand which Yahweh had used against the Egyptians; and the people feared Yahweh, and they believed in Yahweh and in His servant Moses.

Come, ye faithful, raise the strain

Author: St. John of Damascus

1 Come, ye faithful, raise the strain

of triumphant gladness;

God hath brought forth Israel

into joy from sadness;

loosed from Pharaoh's bitter yoke

Jacob's sons and daughters,

led them with unmoistened foot

through the Red Sea waters.

2 'Tis the spring of souls today;

Christ hath burst His prison,

and from three days' sleep in death

as a sun hath risen;

all the winter of our sins,

long and dark, is flying

from His light, to whom we give

laud and praise undying.

3 Now the queen of seasons, bright

with the day of splendor,

with the royal feast of feasts,

comes its joy to render;

comes to glad Jerusalem,

who with true affection

welcomes in unwearied strains

Jesus' resurrection,

4 Neither might the gates of death,

nor the tomb's dark portal,

nor the watchers, nor the seal

hold Thee as a mortal;

but today amidst the twelve

Thou didst stand, bestowing

that Thy peace which evermore

passeth human knowing.

5 "Alleluia!" now we cry

to our King immortal,

who, triumphant, burst the bars

of the tomb's dark portal;

"Alleluia!" with the Son,

God the Father praising,

"Alleluia!" yet again

to the Spirit raising.

The Song of Moses and Israel

Exo 15:1-2 LSB - 

[1] Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to Yahweh and said, 

"I will sing to Yahweh, for He is highly exalted; 

The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea. 

[2] "Yah is my strength and song, 

And He has become my salvation; 

This is my God, and I will praise Him; 

My father's God, and I will extol Him.

Exo 15:19 LSB - [19] For the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, and Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on them, but the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea.

Yahweh Sweetens the Water

Exo 15:25-26 LSB - [25] Then he cried out to Yahweh, and Yahweh showed him a tree; and he threw [it] into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He set for them a statute and a judgment, and there He tested them. [26] And He said, "If you will earnestly listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, Yahweh, am your healer."