Exodus 14:16

16 And you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it [so that] the {Israelites} can go in the middle of the sea on the dry land.

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 Yahweh will fight for you, and you must be quiet."

15 And Yahweh said to Moses, "Why do you cry out to me? Speak to the {Israelites} [so that] they set out.

16 And you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it [so that] the {Israelites} can go in the middle of the sea on the dry land.

17 And as for me, look, I [am] about to harden the heart of [the] Egyptians [so that] they come after them, and I will display my glory through Pharaoh and through all of his army, through his chariots and through his charioteers.

18 And [the] Egyptians will know that I [am] Yahweh when I display my glory through Pharaoh, through his chariots, and through his charioteers."

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"