What Is the Parting of the Red Sea?
What Is the Parting of the Red Sea? The parting of the Red Sea was God's miraculous rescue of Israel from Pharaoh's army, dividing the waters so His people could cross on dry ground.
Key verse: Exodus 14:21-22 (KJV)
The parting of the Red Sea was God's miraculous rescue of Israel from Pharaoh's army, dividing the waters so His people could cross on dry ground.
The parting of the Red Sea was God's miraculous rescue of Israel from Pharaoh's army, dividing the waters so His people could cross on dry ground.
"And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left." — Exodus 14:21-22 (KJV)
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After the tenth plague, Pharaoh finally let Israel go. But he quickly changed his mind and pursued them with his army, cornering them between the wilderness and the sea. The people cried out in terror, but Moses stretched out his rod over the sea at God's command. 'And the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.' Israel walked through on dry ground with walls of water on either side. When the Egyptians pursued, the waters returned and covered them — not one survived. The event is celebrated throughout Scripture: in the Song of Moses, in the Psalms, and as a type of baptism in 1 Corinthians 10. The Red Sea crossing demonstrates that when God redeems, no obstacle is too great and no enemy too powerful.
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"And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left."
"And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them."
"Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea."
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