Exo 15:20-21 | KingComments | STEP | After the song the gaze is once again turned to what the LORD has done with Pharaoh and his army and how the Israelites have gone through the midst of the sea on dry land. Then we hear Miriam. The prophet Micah refers not only to Moses and Aaron but also to her as someone who the LORD has sent out before His people ( ). We do not read that Miriam has taken charge in any action. Moses and Aaron are the captains appointed by the LORD, the leaders. In Miriam we see the spirit of prophecy. She leads the people in a song that is an answer to the song of Moses and the Israelites. Moses says, I will sing to the LORD. With all the women in her retinue Miriam calls for singing to the LORD. She uses the same words as Moses ( ), repeating what he sang. With this she says, as it were, “Amen” to the song of Moses. Thus we can agree with a brother who, in his thanksgiving, magnifies the Lord by saying “Amen” to his thanksgiving. Then indeed the thanksgiving must have found a connection in the feelings of our heart.

‏ Exodus 15:20-21

The Song of Miriam

After the song the gaze is once again turned to what the LORD has done with Pharaoh and his army and how the Israelites have gone through the midst of the sea on dry land.

Then we hear Miriam. The prophet Micah refers not only to Moses and Aaron but also to her as someone who the LORD has sent out before His people (Mic 6:4). We do not read that Miriam has taken charge in any action. Moses and Aaron are the captains appointed by the LORD, the leaders. In Miriam we see the spirit of prophecy. She leads the people in a song that is an answer to the song of Moses and the Israelites.

Moses says, I will sing to the LORD. With all the women in her retinue Miriam calls for singing to the LORD. She uses the same words as Moses (Exo 15:1), repeating what he sang. With this she says, as it were, “Amen” to the song of Moses.

Thus we can agree with a brother who, in his thanksgiving, magnifies the Lord by saying “Amen” to his thanksgiving. Then indeed the thanksgiving must have found a connection in the feelings of our heart.