Exodus 14:22

And the Bnei Yisroel then went into the middle of the yam upon the yabashah (dry land); and the mayim were a chomah (wall) unto them on their right, and on their left.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

21Then Moshe stretched out his yad over the yam; and Hashem caused the yam to go back by a strong east wind all that night, so that the yam was made dry land, and the mayim were divided.

23And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the middle of the yam, even kol sus Pharaoh, his chariots, and his parash.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:8And with the blast of Thy nostrils 1 the mayim were gathered together, 1 the floods stood upright 1 like a stack, 1 and the tehomot were congealed 1 in the lev yam (heart of the sea). 1

Numbers 33:8And they set out from before HaChirot, and passed through the midst of the yam into the midbar, and went derech shloshet yamim (a three daysʼ journey) in the midbar of Etam, and encamped in Marah.

Joshua 3:17And the Kohanim bearing the Aron Brit Hashem stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Yarden, and Kol Yisroel passed over on dry ground, until Kol HaGoy were passed completely over the Yarden.

2 Kings 2:14And he took the aderet Eliyahu that fell from him, and struck the mayim, and said, Where is Hashem Elohei Eliyahu? And when he also had struck the mayim, they split from here and from there; and Elishah crossed over.

Psalms 66:6He turned + 66:6 haphakh the yam into yabashah (dry land); + 66:6 See Gn 1:10 1 they passed through the nahar on regel; 1 there did we rejoice in Him. 1

Psalms 106:9He rebuked the Yam Suf also, and it dried up; 1 so He led them through the tehomot, as through the midbar. 1

Matthew Henry on Exodus 14:22-31

The Destruction of the Egyptians. ( b. c. 1491.) 21 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. 22 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. 23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his… Read the whole commentary →

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