“Lift up your rod,” the Lord told Moses. “Stretch it out
over the sea and part the waters thereof, and let the children of Israel past
through; and when the Egyptians try to follow them, you will see what I will
do.”
So Moses
did as commanded, and the children of Israel began to passed over. At the time when the children of Israel was
going through the sea which was parted to let them through, the angel of the
Lord who led them from in front in the pillar of cloud, changed position, and
went behind them and formed a pillar of cloud behind them.
Not only
did the pillar of cloud go behind the Israelites, it placed itself between the
Israelites and the Egyptians, blinding them as a cloud of darkness, while
giving light to the children of Israel, and kept the two camps separate and
apart all night.
After the
children of Israel
had succeeded in crossing over, the Egyptians continued to pursue after them,
Pharaoh’s horsemen, and horses and chariots, all plunged into the midst of the
sea after them. At that stage, that is to say, when the Egyptians were crossing
in the midst of the sea, the Lord took off their chariot wheels so that they
drove heavily, that is to say they were slowed down; and such was their
confusion and difficulty that they concluded that it was the God of the
Israelites that was moving against them, and in their words, “fighting for the
Egyptians,” and so, they decided to turn back.
Therefore
the Lord commanded Moses to stretch his rod once more over the water of the red
sea, and caused it to come together again drowning the Egyptians, their horses
and horsemen.
And so the
Lord saved Israel
that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and the Israelites were able to look
at the dead bodies of their pursuers as they washed upon the seashore. And the people seeing the awesome power of
their God feared Him and his servant Moses.
BRAGADAYJAH 202
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