The song was accompanied by tens of thousands of tambourines, i.e., “timbrels,” which were, no doubt, of every size and description. It is the first song of praise and redemption simply because redemption had been carried out in type. This song recorded in Exodus, Chapter 15, celebrates the deliverance of the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage and glorifies the Lord who has done the delivering. The first song recorded in the Bible is that of Lamech, but it certainly is not of the Lord, being a song that glorifies man’s inhumanity to his fellow man (Gen. It is all about Jehovah and His power to save. She and her choir “answered the men.” This is the first of the 10 songs of praise recorded in the Bible the last is Revelation 14:3. There were two companies of singers - one formed of men, led by Moses, the other of women, led by Miriam. It begins with redemption and ends with glory.
It praises Him for His destruction of the enemy. Its theme is Jehovah Jesus, one might say.
The greatest poets unite in admiration of its surpassing beauty and sublimity. The song portrayed in Chapter 15 of Exodus is the oldest song of praise in existence. There was no singing in Egypt there was groaning. That of Deuteronomy, Chapter 32, is the one referred to in Revelation 15:3. Moses began and ended his wilderness life with a song. “Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spoke, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for He has triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider has He thrown into the sea” (Ex. Frances & Friends | The Battle Of Armageddon | Jimmy Swaggart