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href="/bsb/exodus/14.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/14.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So the people of Israel walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on each side!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry <i>ground</i>: and the waters <i>were</i> a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry <i>ground,</i> and the waters <i>were</i> a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters <i>were like</i> a wall to them on their right and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters <i>were like</i> a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So the sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters <i>were</i> a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The Israelites went into the middle of the sea on dry land, and the waters formed a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with the waters like a wall to them on their right and their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with the waters like a wall to them on their right and their left. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and the Israelites walked through on dry land with a wall of water on each side. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />and the Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground. The water stood like a wall on their right and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on both sides. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />the Israelis went into the middle of the sea on dry land, and the waters formed a wall for them on their right and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So the Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The children of Israel went into 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the sons of Israel go into the midst of the sea on dry land, and the waters [are] a wall to them, on their right and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the sons of Israel go into the midst of the sea, on dry land, and the waters are to them a wall, on their right and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the sons of Israel will go in the midst of the sea on dry land; and the waters to them a wall from their right hand and from their left.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel went in through the midst of the sea dried up: for the water was as a wall on their right hand and on their left. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the sons of Israel went in through the midst of the dried sea. For the water was like a wall at their right hand and at their left hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />so that the Israelites entered into the midst of the sea on dry land, with the water as a wall to their right and to their left. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The Israelites went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground; and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the children of Israel entered within the sea by land and the waters were to them as a wall from their right hand and from their left.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the water of it was a wall on the right hand and a wall on the left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/14-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=3601" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/14.htm">Parting the Red Sea</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>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, <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">went</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: bə·ṯō·wḵ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">through</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: hay·yām (Art:: N-ms) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">the sea</a> <a href="/hebrew/3004.htm" title="3004: bay·yab·bā·šāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Dry land, dry ground. From yabesh; dry ground.">on dry ground,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346: ḥō·māh (N-fs) -- A wall. Feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection.">with walls</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: wə·ham·ma·yim (Conj-w, Art:: N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">of water</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">on their</a> <a href="/hebrew/3225.htm" title="3225: mî·mî·nām (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Right hand. From yaman; the right hand or side of a person or other object; locally, the south.">right</a> <a href="/hebrew/8040.htm" title="8040: ū·miś·śə·mō·lām (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- The left. ">and on their left.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/3-14.htm">Joshua 3:14-17</a></span><br />So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them. / Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, / the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/66-6.htm">Psalm 66:6</a></span><br />He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-10.htm">Isaiah 51:10</a></span><br />Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-11.htm">Nehemiah 9:11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-13.htm">Psalm 78:13</a></span><br />He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-9.htm">Psalm 106:9</a></span><br />He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-12.htm">Isaiah 63:12-13</a></span><br />who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown, / who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-29.htm">Hebrews 11:29</a></span><br />By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-2</a></span><br />I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/136-13.htm">Psalm 136:13-14</a></span><br />He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever. / and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-16.htm">Isaiah 43:16</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a></span><br />He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/15-3.htm">Revelation 15:3</a></span><br />and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-8.htm">Exodus 15:8</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-19.htm">Exodus 15:19</a></span><br />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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And 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.</p><p class="hdg">the children</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/14-29.htm">Exodus 14:29</a></b></br> But the children of Israel walked upon dry <i>land</i> in the midst of the sea; and the waters <i>were</i> a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/15-19.htm">Exodus 15:19</a></b></br> 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 <i>land</i> in the midst of the sea.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/33-8.htm">Numbers 33:8</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">and the waters.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/15-8.htm">Exodus 15:8</a></b></br> And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, <i>and</i> the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/habakkuk/3-8.htm">Habakkuk 3:8-10</a></b></br> Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? <i>was</i> thine anger against the rivers? <i>was</i> thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses <i>and</i> thy chariots of salvation? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/2-5.htm">Zechariah 2:5</a></b></br> For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/14-16.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/exodus/14-16.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/exodus/14-20.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/14-16.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/exodus/14-16.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/exodus/13-10.htm">Right</a> <a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/exodus/13-12.htm">Side</a> <a href="/genesis/49-22.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/exodus/14-16.htm">Water</a> <a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/14-29.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/14-29.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/exodus/14-29.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/exodus/14-26.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/exodus/14-25.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/14-25.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/exodus/14-23.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/exodus/14-27.htm">Right</a> <a href="/exodus/14-23.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/exodus/14-29.htm">Side</a> <a href="/exodus/14-29.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/exodus/14-26.htm">Water</a> <a href="/exodus/14-26.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/14-1.htm">God instructs the Israelites in their journey</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/14-5.htm">Pharaoh pursues after them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/14-10.htm">The Israelites murmur</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/14-13.htm">Moses comforts them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/14-15.htm">God instructs Moses</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/14-19.htm">The cloud removes behind the camp</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">The Israelites pass through the Red sea, which drowns the Egyptians</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground</b><br>This phrase describes the miraculous event where the Israelites crossed the Red Sea. The crossing is a pivotal moment in the Exodus narrative, symbolizing deliverance from slavery in Egypt. The "dry ground" emphasizes the supernatural intervention, as the seabed would naturally be muddy. This event is a testament to God's power and faithfulness, fulfilling His promise to deliver His people. It prefigures Christian baptism, symbolizing the passage from death to life, and is referenced in <a href="/1_corinthians/10.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-2</a>, where Paul speaks of the Israelites being "baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea."<p><b>with walls of water on their right and on their left</b><br>The imagery of "walls of water" highlights the miraculous nature of the event, as water naturally does not stand upright. This phenomenon underscores God's control over creation, reminiscent of His command over the waters in <a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1</a>. The walls of water also serve as a protective barrier, ensuring the safety of the Israelites as they pass through. This imagery is echoed in <a href="/psalms/77-16.htm">Psalm 77:16-20</a>, which poetically recounts the crossing. Theologically, the walls can be seen as a type of Christ, who provides a way of salvation and protection for believers. The crossing of the Red Sea is a foreshadowing of Christ's victory over sin and death, offering a path to eternal life.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The descendants of Jacob, also known as the children of Israel, who were enslaved in Egypt and are now being led to freedom by Moses.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_red_sea.htm">The Red Sea</a></b><br>The body of water that God miraculously parted to allow the Israelites to escape from the pursuing Egyptian army.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader chosen by God to lead the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh's_army.htm">Pharaoh's Army</a></b><br>The Egyptian forces pursuing the Israelites, intending to bring them back into slavery.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_miracle.htm">God's Miracle</a></b><br>The divine intervention where God parts the Red Sea, allowing the Israelites to cross on dry ground.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nature.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nature</a></b><br>God demonstrates His supreme power over creation by parting the Red Sea. This reminds us that He is in control of all circumstances in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_deliverance.htm">Faith in God's Deliverance</a></b><br>The Israelites' journey through the sea on dry ground is a testament to their faith in God's promise of deliverance. We are called to trust God even when the path seems impossible.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_protection_and_guidance.htm">God's Protection and Guidance</a></b><br>The walls of water on either side symbolize God's protection. In our lives, God provides guidance and safety as we walk through challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>The Israelites had to follow God's command to move forward into the sea. Obedience to God's instructions is crucial for experiencing His miracles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a></b><br>The crossing of the Red Sea is a fulfillment of God's promise to deliver His people. We can rely on God's faithfulness in our own lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_evidence_of_pharaoh's_army_loss.htm">Why is there little or no archaeological or historical evidence in Egypt for the sudden destruction of Pharaoh's army described in Exodus 14?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_exodus_14_fit_egypt's_timeline.htm">How does Exodus 14 align with any verifiable timeline of Egyptian dynasties and events if the dating is uncertain? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'baptized_into_moses'_mean.htm">In 1 Corinthians 10:2, what does it mean for the Israelites to be “baptized into Moses,” and how does this align with historical accounts of their exodus? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_explains_the_red_sea_parting.htm">Nehemiah 9:11 recounts the Red Sea parting; what historical or natural explanation exists to support such an event?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">The waters were a wall unto them.</span>--Any protection is in Scripture called "a wall," or "a rampart" (<a href="/1_samuel/25-16.htm" title="They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.">1Samuel 25:16</a>; <a href="/proverbs/18-11.htm" title="The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.">Proverbs 18:11</a>; <a href="/isaiah/26-1.htm" title="In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.">Isaiah 26:1</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/1-18.htm" title="For, behold, I have made you this day a defended city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.">Jeremiah 1:18</a>; <a href="/nahum/3-8.htm" title="Are you better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?">Nahum 3:8</a>). In the present case, the waters protected Israel on either flank--the Red Sea upon the right, the Bitter Lakes upon the left. Poetical writers, as was natural, used language still more highly metaphorical (<a href="/psalms/78-13.htm" title="He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.">Psalm 78:13</a>; <a href="/exodus/15-8.htm" title="And with the blast of your nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.">Exodus 15:8</a>), and spoke of the waters as "standing on an heap." Hence, some moderns have gone so far as to maintain that on this occasion the water "gave up its nature, formed with its waves a strong wall, and instead of streaming like a fluid, congealed into a hard substance" (Kalisch). But this is to turn poetry into prose, and enslave oneself to a narrow literalism. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The waters were a wall</span> - i<span class="accented">.e.</span>, a protection, a defence. Pharaoh could not attack them on either flank, on account of the two bodies of water between which their march lay. He could only come at them by following after them. The metaphor has been by some understood literally, especially on account of the expression in <a href="/exodus/15-8.htm">Exodus 15:8</a> - "The floods stood upright as an heap;" and again that in <a href="/psalms/78-13.htm">Psalm 78:13</a> - "He made the waters to stand as an heap." But those phrases, occurring in poems, must be taken as poetical; and can scarcely have any weight in determining the meaning of "wall" here. We must ask ourselves - is there not an economy and a restraint in the exertion by God even of miraculous power? - is more used than is needed for the occasion? - and would not all that was needed at this time have been effected by such a division of the sea as we have supposed, without the fluid being converted into a solid, or having otherwise the laws of its being entirely altered. Kalisch's statement, that the word "wall" here is "not intended to convey the idea of protection, but only of hardness and solidity," seems to us the very reverse of the truth. Protection is at any rate the main idea, and any other is secondary and subordinate. <p> CHAPTER 14:23-31 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/14-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">and the Israelites</span><br /><span class="heb">בְנֵֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">through</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּת֥וֹךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯō·wḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bisection, the centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sea</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיָּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on dry ground,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yab·bā·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dry land, dry ground</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with walls</span><br /><span class="heb">חֹמָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḥō·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2346.htm">Strong's 2346: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wall of protection</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of water</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַמַּ֤יִם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ham·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on their right</span><br /><span class="heb">מִֽימִינָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(mî·mî·nām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3225.htm">Strong's 3225: </a> </span><span class="str2">The right hand, side, the south</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and on their left.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(ū·miś·śə·mō·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8040.htm">Strong's 8040: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dark, the north, the left hand</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/14-22.htm">Exodus 14:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/14-22.htm">Exodus 14:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/14-22.htm">Exodus 14:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/14-22.htm">Exodus 14:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/14-22.htm">Exodus 14:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/14-22.htm">Exodus 14:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/14-22.htm">Exodus 14:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/14-22.htm">Exodus 14:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/14-22.htm">Exodus 14:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/14-22.htm">Exodus 14:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/14-22.htm">OT Law: Exodus 14:22 The children of Israel went into (Exo. 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