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Exodus 14:22

Israel
SalvationMiracles and God's intervention

20 so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.

21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

23 And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.

24 At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.

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BSB
and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
KJV
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.
WEB
The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And the children of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry [ground]; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
BLB
And the sons of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters [were] a wall to them from their right and from their left.
ÅB
Og Israels barn gikk midt igjennom havet på det tørre, og vannet sto som en mur på deres høyre og på deres venstre side.
OTB
og israelittene gikk gjennom havet på tørt land, med en vannmur på sin høyre og på sin venstre side.
B1930
Og Israels barn gikk midt igjennem havet på det tørre, og vannet stod som en mur på deres høire og på deres venstre side.

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  • Hebrews 11:29

    By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

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  • Exodus 15:19

    For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.

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  • Psalms 66:6

    He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.

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  • Psalms 78:13

    He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.

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  • Exodus 14:29

    But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

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  • Exodus 15:8

    At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

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  • Nehemiah 9:11

    You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

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  • Isaiah 63:13

    who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?

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