Exodus 14:21
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.
Study Note
Study Note
'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' — the Red Sea crossing becomes the defining typological event of the Hebrew Bible, the exodus-prototype that later prophets (Isaiah 43:16–17; 51:9–10; Ezekiel 20:6–7) repeatedly invoke as the paradigm for expected future divine deliverance. Paul reads it sacramentally in 1 Corinthians 10:1–2 as 'baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,' and Christian baptismal theology has consistently drawn on the passage to interpret initiation as passage through death into new life. The combination of natural agency (east wind) and supernatural result is characteristic of exodus miracle accounts.
Other Translations
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the sea, and Jehovah causeth the sea to go on by a strong east wind all the night, and maketh the sea become dry ground, and the waters are cleaved,
And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, the Lord with a strong east wind made the sea go back all night, and the waters were parted in two and the sea became dry land.
Cross References
That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make …
But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his …
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths …
For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as …
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city …
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the …
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.