Exodus 14:22

Then went the sons of Israel into the midst of the sea on the dry ground,—and, the waters, to them, were a wall, on their right hand and on their left.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

21And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and Yahweh carried away the sea by a mighty east wind all the night, and turned the sea into dry land,—and the waters were cloven asunder.

23And the Egyptians pursued, and entered after them—all the horses of Pharaoh his chariots and his horsemen,—into the midst of the sea.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:8And with the blast of thy nostrils, heaped up are the waters, Upreared like a mound, are the flowing waves,—Roaring deeps are congealed in the heart of the sea.

Numbers 33:8And they brake up from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea towards the desert,—and went their way a journey of three days in the desert of Etham, and encamped in Marah.

Joshua 3:17And the priests who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, stood on dry ground, in the midst of the Jordan, with firm footing,—while all Israel were passing over on dry ground, until all the nation had made an end of passing over the Jordan.

2 Kings 2:14and took the mantle of Elijah which had fallen from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah? And, when, he also, smote the waters, they were divided, hither and thither, and Elisha, passed over.

Psalms 66:6He turned the sea into dry land, Through the stream, crossed they over on foot, There did we rejoice in him:

Psalms 106:9So he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, And he led them through deeps, as pasture-land;

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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