Exodus 15:13

Translations

Modern

With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.

Traditional

Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

Literal

You have led forth in Your loving devotion the people whom You have redeemed; You have guided them in Your strength to Your holy habitation.

Latin

Dux fuisti in misericordia tua populo quem redemisti: et portasti eum in fortitudine tua, ad habitaculum sanctum tuum.

Original

Hebrew

English

With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.

Notes

Exodus 15:13

Because of God's constant love and power, we can trust that he will keep his promises. Loving devotion is a translation of the Hebrew word khesed, which refers to the undeserved kindness and loyalty from a superior to an inferior. This is the most common way to describe God's character in the Old Testament (see Psalm 136).
If God had this character but lacked the power to fulfill his good intentions for his people, his character would not benefit us. The good news is that he has both a loving character and all power.
holy dwelling: God has chosen his people and gathered them to live among them (see also Exodus 15:17).

Exodus 15:13–18

The people God has redeemed have confidence for the future. Because of what the Lord had done in rescuing Israel from his enemies, there was no doubt that he would be able to carry through on his promise to take them safely into the promised land.

Exodus 15:1–18

Scholars believe this song of rescue to be one of the oldest preserved examples of the Hebrew language, attesting to its importance in Israel’s thought and faith. It is divided into three stanzas:

The first stanza celebrates the Lord's rescue of Moses and his people (using many first-person pronouns, 15:1–5).
The second stanza celebrates the great difference between the Lord and the Egyptians (verses 6–12).
The third stanza considers what these events would mean for the future (verses 13–18).

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Moses Pharaoh Music in Ancient Israel The Cross and Passover The Exodus as History The Family Redeemer

Events

Wilderness Wanderings

Related verses

Psalm 77:20
You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
1 Peter 1:5
…who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
Psalm 77:14–15
You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples.
Psalm 78:52–54
He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
Psalm 106:9
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
Isaiah 63:12–13
…who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
Jeremiah 2:6
They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
Genesis 19:16
But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.
Ephesians 2:4
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
Psalm 80:1
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
Nehemiah 9:12
You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.

Exodus 15:13

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