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What song did Moses and Miriam lead after the escape from Egypt?
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Moses Showing the Tables of the Law to the People, oil painting by Rembrandt, 1659; in the Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.
After the Hebrews safely crossed the Sea of Reeds and escaped the Egyptian army, Moses and his sister Miriam led the people in a victory song of praise to Yahweh (Exodus 15:1ā21).1
The song, which scholars note shares stylistic similarities with 14th-century Canaanite literature, includes the refrain: "Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea."1