Exodus 15:13

15:13 By your loyal love you will lead ¹  the people whom ²  you have redeemed;

you will guide ³  them by your strength to your holy dwelling place.

Exodus 15:17

15:17 You will bring them in ⁴  and plant them in the mountain ⁵  of your inheritance,

in the place you made ⁶  for your residence, O Lord,

the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.

[15:13]  ¹ tn The verbs in the next two verses are perfect tenses, but can be interpreted as a prophetic perfect, looking to the future.

[15:13]  ² tn The particle זוּ (zu) is a relative pronoun, subordinating the next verb to the preceding.

[15:13]  ³ tn This verb seems to mean “to guide to a watering-place” (See Ps 23:2).

[15:17]  ⁴ tn The verb is imperfect.

[15:17]  ⁵ sn The “mountain” and the “place” would be wherever Yahweh met with his people. It here refers to Canaan, the land promised to the patriarchs.

[15:17]  ⁶ tn The verb is perfect tense, referring to Yahweh’s previous choice of the holy place.