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EXODUS 12-18
The Lord led the Israelites to the Red Sea. Pharaoh sent his soldiers after them. The people, with Pharaoh’s army on one side and the Red Sea on the other, cried out to Moses in fear and anger. “We should have stayed in Egypt! Did you bring us here to be massacred? Or drowned? What kind of leader are you, Moses?” they shouted.
The Lord told Moses to lift his staff, and with a mighty roar, the waters of
the sea rolled back and left a wide, dry path for the Israelites. Slowly
they began to cross the Red Sea Floor.
“Amazing!” they whispered. “Our God is the Lord,” cried a few. They gazed in awe at the massive walls of water on the right and on the left of them. All night they moved in a line across the sea. Pharaoh’s army pursued them but the Lord threw the army into confusion. Chariot wheels flew off, horses reared and bucked, and captains lost their sense of direction. Before the army could retreat to safety, the Lord told Moses to stretch out his hand. The walls of water crashed down upon the Egyptians, drowning them all. The cries of the Egyptians reached the ears of the Israelites, and they hurried on. They saw the power of the Lord. They feared God and respected Moses, and they quit complaining-for a little while. After a few days in the desert, the people got very thirsty. They had walked a long way, and the desert was hot and dry. Even as slaves they had not gone this long without water. The Lord promised his people that if they listened to him and obeyed him they would not suffer like the Egyptians had. He sent them quail and fed them manna, which is bread from heaven. He watched over then and took care of them.
(From Classic Bible
Stories, A Family Treasury retold by Lise Caldwell (c) 1998 Standard
Publishing. Used by permission. This book may be purchased at your local
Christian Bookstore or from Standard Publishing (800-543-1301).
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