Exodus 14:22
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.
KJV
Et ingressi sunt filii Israël per medium sicci maris : erat enim aqua quasi murus a dextra eorum et læva.
Vulgate
καὶ εἰσῆλθον οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης κατὰ τὸ ξηρόν, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ αὐτοῖς τεῖχος ἐκ δεξιῶν καὶ τεῖχος ἐξ εὐωνύμων·
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יָּבֹ֧אוּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּ/ת֥וֹךְ הַ/יָּ֖ם בַּ/יַּבָּשָׁ֑ה וְ/הַ/מַּ֤יִם לָ/הֶם֙ חֹמָ֔ה מִֽ/ימִינָ֖/ם וּ/מִ/שְּׂמֹאלָֽ/ם
Hebrew
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Intertextual echoes
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Heb 11:29 · allusion"By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned."Exodus: they passed through the Red Sea — by faith
Typology
Miracle
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
The exodus from Egypt is both a historical event and a symbol of the soul's liberation from bondage to the passions. The crossing of the Red Sea represents the decisive break with the life of slavery. Philo marvels at how God employed the very elements of nature — wind, water, and earth — as instruments of salvation for Israel and judgment upon Egypt.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:1 — Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
- 1Sam 25:16 — They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
- Exod 14:29 — But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
- Exod 14:29 — But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
- Exod 15:8 — And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
- Exod 15:19 — For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the mi
- Exod 15:19 — For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the mi
- Heb 11:29 — By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
- Isa 63:11 — Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
- Isa 63:13 — That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
- Josh 3:17 — And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean
- Mark 4:39 — And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
- Neh 9:11 — And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
- Num 33:8 — And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
- Ps 66:6 — He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
- Ps 78:13 — He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
- Ps 136:14 — And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever: