Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
Then Israel sang this song, Rise up, well! sing unto it:
Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, all of you sing to it!
Then singeth Israel this song, concerning the well--they have answered to it:
Numbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.
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With joy must we draw water out of the wells of salvation, Isa. xi. As the brazen serpent was a figure of Christ, who is lifted up for our cure, so is this well a figure of the Spirit, who is poured forth for our comfort, and from whom flow to us rivers of living waters, John vii.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Spring up - Hebrew. ascend, that is, let thy waters, which now lie hid below in the earth, ascend for our use. It is either a prediction that it should spring up, or a prayer that it might.
John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical
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James 5:13Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.
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And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, And thou heardest my voice.
speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of…
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Isaiah 12:5Sing unto Jehovah; for he hath done excellent things: let this be known in all the earth.
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Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into…
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Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song; For he hath done marvellous things: His right hand, and his holy arm, hath wrought salvation for him.
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Judges 5:1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
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After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God:
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The whole web at once: see the Arc.
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And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.
Sing unto Jehovah; for he hath done excellent things: let this be known in all the earth.
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.
And in that day thou shalt say, I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away and thou comfortest me.
Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk ye of all his marvellous works.
Then believed they his words; They sang his praise.
In that day: A vineyard of wine, sing ye unto it.