15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
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Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on.
16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
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Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.