16. Fear and dread will fall on them;by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as stoneuntil your people pass by, O Lord,until the people whom you have bought pass by.
17. You will bring them in and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance,in the place you made for your residence, O Lord,the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.
18. The Lord will reign forever and ever!
19. For the horses of Pharaoh came with his chariots and his footmen into the sea,and the Lord brought back the waters of the sea on them,but the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.”
20. Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a hand-drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with hand-drums and with dances.
21. Miriam sang in response to them, “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.”
22. Then Moses led Israel to journey away from the Red Sea. They went out to the Desert of Shur, walked for three days into the desert, and found no water.
23. Then they came to Marah, but they were not able to drink the waters of Marah, because they were bitter. (That is why its name was Marah.)
24. So the people murmured against Moses, saying, “What can we drink?”