against us, and said, 'Every son that is born ye shall cast into the
river,' our mothers went into the field, and Thou didst bid a sleep
to fall upon them, and they bore us without any pain; and the
angels descended from Heaven, washed and anointed us, and
robed us in many-colored silken garments, and placed in our hands
two lumps, one of butter and one of honey. When our mothers
awoke and saw us washed, anointed, and clothed in silk, then they
praised Thee, and said, 'Praise be God who has not turned His
grace and His lasting love from the seed of our father Abraham;
and now behold! they are in Thy hand, do with them as Thou wilt.'
And they departed. When the Egyptians saw us, they approached
to kill us, but Thou in Thy great mercy didst bid the earth swallow
us and set us in another place, where we were not seen by the
Egyptians, and lo! in this way didst Thou save us from their hand.
When we grew up, we wandered in troops to Egypt, where each
recognized his parents and his family. All this hast Thou done for
us, therefore will we sing of Thee."

Thereupon Moses said: "Ye have given thanks to the Holy One,
blessed be He, and not I will praise His name, for to me also has
He shown signs and tokens. The Lord is my strength and my song,
and He is become my salvation; He is my God, and I will prepare
Him and habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt Him." [61]

The song by the Red Sea was as much the song of Moses as of all
Israel, for the great leader counted as not less than all the other
Israelites together, and, besides, [62] he had composed a large
portion of the song. In virtue of the spirit of God that possessed
them while they sang, Moses and the people mutually
supplemented each other, so that, as soon as Moses spoke half the