Bible Strands
Exodus 15:3
The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses (or the congregation) speaks directly to Yahweh immediately after the Red Sea has closed over Pharaoh's army, in the opening lines of the Song of Moses (Exodus 15:1–18).
The words — מִלְחָמָה (milmachamah, "war, battle") is the noun that defines the subject: Yahweh is "a man of war." The second clause, "Yahweh is His name," ties the quality to the name itself, so the declaration is not a description but an identification.
The thread — Psalm 24:8 repeats the formula ("the LORD mighty in battle"); Exodus 14:14 precedes the event with the command "The LORD will fight for you"; Revelation 19:11 returns to the warrior image at the end of the story.
Why it lands — The verse binds God's name to the act of fighting, so a reader cannot separate the identity of Yahweh from His willingness to wage war on behalf of His people.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.
Cross-references
- Psalms 24:8 Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
- Exodus 14:14 The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
- Revelation 19:11 Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
- Isaiah 42:8 I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
- Exodus 6:6 Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
- Psalms 83:18 May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
- Psalms 45:3 Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.
- Exodus 3:15 God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
- Exodus 3:13 Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
- Exodus 6:2 God also told Moses, “I am the LORD.