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קְרִיעַת יַם סוּף

The Splitting of the Sea

Six hundred chosen chariots.

וַיִּקַּח שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת רֶכֶב בָּחוּר וְכֹל רֶכֶב מִצְרָיִם וְשָׁלִשִׁם עַל־כֻּלּוֹ׃

שמות יד:ז

"And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them."

Exodus 14:7

Speak to Bnei Yisrael, and let them go forward.

וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל־מֹשֶׁה מַה־תִּצְעַק אֵלָי דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִסָּעוּ׃

שמות יד:טו

"And Hashem said to Moshe: Why do you cry out to Me? Speak to Bnei Yisrael, and let them go forward."

Exodus 14:15

A strong east wind, all night.

וַיֵּט מֹשֶׁה אֶת־יָדוֹ עַל־הַיָּם וַיּוֹלֶךְ ה' אֶת־הַיָּם בְּרוּחַ קָדִים עַזָּה כָּל־הַלַּיְלָה וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־הַיָּם לֶחָרָבָה וַיִּבָּקְעוּ הַמָּיִם׃

שמות יד:כא

"And Moshe stretched out his hand over the sea, and Hashem drove the sea back with a strong east wind all night, and turned the sea to dry land; and the waters split."

Exodus 14:21

A wall on their right and on their left.

וַיָּבֹאוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּתוֹךְ הַיָּם בַּיַּבָּשָׁה וְהַמַּיִם לָהֶם חֹמָה מִימִינָם וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָם׃

שמות יד:כב

"And Bnei Yisrael came into the midst of the sea on dry land, and the waters were a wall for them on their right and on their left."

Exodus 14:22

The sea returned to its strength.

וַיָּשֻׁבוּ הַמַּיִם וַיְכַסּוּ אֶת־הָרֶכֶב וְאֶת־הַפָּרָשִׁים לְכֹל חֵיל פַּרְעֹה הַבָּאִים אַחֲרֵיהֶם בַּיָּם לֹא־נִשְׁאַר בָּהֶם עַד־אֶחָד׃

שמות יד:כח

"And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, all the army of Pharaoh that had come after them into the sea; not one of them remained."

Exodus 14:28

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