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FEBRUARY 2
12 You stretched out Your right hand; “Sing to the LORD,
The earth swallowed them. For He has triumphed gloriously!
13 You in Your mercy have led forth The horse and its rider
The people whom You have redeemed; He has thrown into the sea!”
You have guided them in Your strength
22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea;
To Your holy habitation.
then they went out into the Wilderness of
14 “The people will hear and be afraid; Shur. And they went three days in the wilder-
Sorrow will take hold of the ness and found no water. Now when they
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inhabitants of Philistia. came to Marah, they could not drink the
15 Then the chiefs of Edom will be waters of Marah, for they were bitter.
dismayed; Therefore the name of it was called Marah.
The mighty men of Moab, 24 And the people complained against Moses,
Trembling will take hold of them; saying, “What shall we drink?” So he cried
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All the inhabitants of Canaan will melt out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a
away. tree. When he cast it into the waters, the
16 Fear and dread will fall on them; waters were made sweet.
By the greatness of Your arm There He made a statute and an ordinance
They will be as still as a stone, for them, and there He tested them, and said,
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Till Your people pass over, “If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD
O LORD, your God and do what is right in His sight,
Till the people pass over give ear to His commandments and keep all
Whom You have purchased. His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on
17 You will bring them in and plant them you which I have brought on the Egyptians.
In the mountain of Your For I am the LORD who heals you.”
inheritance, 27 Then they came to Elim, where there were
In the place, O LORD, which You have twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees;
made so they camped there by the waters.
For Your own dwelling, And they journeyed from Elim, and all
The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your 16 the congregation of the children of Israel
hands have established. came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is
18 “The LORD shall reign forever and between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of
ever.” the second month after they departed from
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the land of Egypt. Then the whole congrega-
19 For the horses of Pharaoh went with his tion of the children of Israel complained
chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
the LORD brought back the waters of the sea 3 And the children of Israel said to them, “Oh,
upon them. But the children of Israel went on that we had died by the hand of the LORD in
dry land in the midst of the sea. the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of
20 Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For
Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all you have brought us out into this wilderness
the women went out after her with timbrels and to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
with dances. And Miriam answered them: 4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I
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will rain bread from heaven for you. And the
people shall go out and gather a certain quota
every day, that I may test them, whether they
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15:20 the prophetess. Miriam was the first will walk in My law or not. And it shall be on
woman to be given this honor. She herself the sixth day that they shall prepare what they
claimed the Lord had spoken through her bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they
(Num. 12:2). She apparently played an impor- gather daily.”
tant role in these rescue events because the 6 Then Moses and Aaron said to all the chil-
prophet Micah states that God delivered Israel dren of Israel, “At evening you shall know that
by the hand of Moses,Aaron,and Miriam (Mic. the LORD has brought you out of the land of
6:4). Other women to receive this rare honor Egypt. And in the morning you shall see the
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were Deborah (Judg. 4:4); Huldah (2 Kin. glory of the LORD; for He hears your com-
22:14); Isaiah’s wife (Is. 8:3); Anna (Luke 2:36); plaints against the LORD. But what are we, that
and Philip’s four daughters (Acts 21:9). you complain against us?” Also Moses said,
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