Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 15:21
And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
21. answered ] The word means (note the ), answered antiphonally in song, even if, as some think, connecting it with the Arab. ghan ( Lex. 777 a ), it does not mean simply sang (comp. Num 21:17 b; and esp. 1Sa 18:7; 1Sa 21:11; 1Sa 24:5 [where the same word is rendered, ‘sing one to another’]).
them ] The pron. is masc., so the reference might seem to be to the men ( v. 1a), after they had sung v. 1b. But this antecedent is rather remote: and as in the 2nd and 3rd plur. the masc. form is often used with reference to women (G.-K. 135o), it is probably better (with B.) to suppose the women in v. 20b to be referred to; cf. 1Sa 18:7.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Miriam addressed either,
1. The women, last spoken of, and then it is an enallage of the gender. Or,
2. The men spoken of before. They sung by turns, or by parts, either the same words being repeated, or some other words of a like nature added. See 1Ch 16:41; 2Ch 5:13; Ezr 3:11.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
21. Miriam answered them“them”in the Hebrew is masculine, so that Moses probably led the menand Miriam the womenthe two bands responding alternately, andsinging the first verse as a chorus.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And Miriam answered them,…. The men, for the word is masculine; that is, repeated, and sung the same song word for word after them, as they had done, of which a specimen is given by reciting the first clause of the song:
sing ye to the Lord; which is by way of exhortation to the women to sing with her, as Moses begins the song thus: “I will sing unto the Lord”,
for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea; [See comments on Ex 15:1], the manner of their singing, according to the Jews z, was, Moses first said, “I will sing”, and they said it after him.
z T. Hieros. Sotah, fol. 20. 3. T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 30. 2.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(21) Miriam answered them.Miriam and her maidens at the close of each portion of the Songi.e., at the end of Exo. 15:5; Exo. 15:10; Exo. 15:12; Exo. 15:18sang the refrain which is here givena refrain very slightly altered from the opening verse of the Song itself, marking, no doubt, the time with their timbrels, and moving gracefully through a stately and solemn dance.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
21. Miriam answered That is, she led in these words the chorus or refrain . See on Exo 15:1.
Here closes the first division of the Book of Exodus. Israel has now gone forth, and, with the Sea behind and the Desert before, begins her career as a NATION.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jer 31:4 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 15:21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Ver. 21. Sing ye to the Lord. ] This seems to have been the burden of the song: as Psa 134:1 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
answered: 1Sa 18:7, 2Ch 5:13, Psa 24:7-10, Psa 134:1-3
Sing ye: Exo 15:1, Jdg 5:3, Isa 5:1-30, Rev 7:10-12, Rev 5:9, Rev 14:3, Rev 15:3, Rev 19:1-6
Reciprocal: Exo 14:13 – ye shall see Num 12:2 – Hath the Lord Jdg 5:1 – Sang Deborah 1Sa 2:1 – my mouth 1Sa 10:5 – a psaltery 2Sa 1:20 – Philistines 1Ch 16:23 – Sing Ezr 2:65 – two hundred Ezr 3:11 – they sang Neh 12:43 – the wives also Psa 19:2 – Day unto Psa 47:6 – to God Psa 66:3 – How terrible Psa 76:6 – At thy Psa 95:1 – sing Psa 147:7 – General Pro 11:10 – when Isa 6:3 – one cried unto another Isa 12:5 – Sing Isa 24:23 – when Jer 31:4 – again Jer 51:21 – General Eze 28:22 – I will Dan 3:10 – the cornet Mic 6:4 – Moses
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
15:21 And Miriam {l} answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
(l) By singing the same song of thanksgiving.