Exodus 14:16

16 But you lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the Israelites may go into the sea on dry ground.

Exodus 14:16 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 14:16

But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the
sea, and divide it
Even the same rod with which so many wonders had been done in Egypt; and Artapanus, the Heathen, says ^F24, that Moses being bid by a divine voice to smite the sea with his rod, he hearkened to it, and touched the water with it, and so it divided, as it is said it did, ( Exodus 14:21 )

and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of
the sea;
and so they did, ( Exodus 14:22 Exodus 14:29 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 27. p. 436.

Exodus 14:16 In-Context

14 The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still."

15 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.

16 But you lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the Israelites may go into the sea on dry ground.

17 Then I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and so I will gain glory for myself over Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots, and his chariot drivers.

18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gained glory for myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his chariot drivers."