With the deliverance of Israel is associated the development of the national poetry, which finds its first and perfect expression in this magnifice…

His chosen captains. — Compare Exodus 14:7, where the same word is used.

Are drowned. — Rather, were d…

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 gloriou…

Pharaoh’s chariots. Moses, in these words, only meant to assert that the drowning of Pharaoh was manifestly God’s work. Therefore, he now …

Pharaoh's chariots and his hosts has he cast into the sea ,
&c.] Which was done by the Angel of the Lord, who was Je…

This song is the most ancient we know. It is a holy song, in honor of God, to exalt His name and celebrate His praise, and His alone, not in the le…