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them to let Israel go, and they thought that God might deliver them all
into the hands of the Israelites. They decided that God was fighting
for the Israelites, and they were terribly afraid, and were turning about
to flee from them, when “the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine
hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians,
upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. And Moses stretched
forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when
the morning appeared, and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord
overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters
returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host
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of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. There remained not so
much as one of them. But the children of Israel walked upon dry land
in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their left. Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of
the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the
sea-shore. And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the
Egyptians, and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and
his servant Moses.”
As the Hebrews witnessed the marvelous work of God in the de-
struction of the Egyptians, they united in an inspired song of lofty
eloquence, and grateful praise. Miriam, the sister of Moses, a prophet-
ess, led the women in music.
“Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the
Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath tri-
umphed gloriously. The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the
sea. The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation;
he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God,
and I will exalt him.
“The Lord is a man of war. The Lord is his name. Pharaoh’s
chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea; his chosen captains also
are drowned in the Red Sea. The depths have covered them. They sank
into the bottom as a stone. Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious
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in power. Thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them
that rose up against thee. Thou sentest forth thy wrath which consumed
them as stubble. And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were
gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths
were congealed in the heart of the sea. The enemy said, I will pursue,