Exodus 14:16

Translations

Modern

And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the sons of Israel shall go in the midst of the sea on the dry land.

Latin

Tu autem eleva virgam tuam, et extende manum tuam super mare, et divide illud: ut gradiantur filii Israël in medio mari per siccum.

Original

Hebrew

English

And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

Notes

Exodus 14:15–31

The escape through the Red Sea was the climactic moment of rescue. It was the highest point of God’s saving work in the exodus from Egypt.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Moses Pharaoh Fearing People The Cross and Passover The Exodus as History

Events

Wilderness Wanderings

Related verses

Exodus 7:19
And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
Exodus 4:17
But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
Exodus 4:20
So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
Exodus 4:2
And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
Isaiah 10:26
And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.
Exodus 7:9
“When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
Exodus 14:26
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”
Numbers 20:11
Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
Exodus 14:21–22
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,
Numbers 20:8–9
“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Book of Exodus Chronology of the Bible (New Testament) Deuteronomy, Book of Hardness of Heart Miracle Red Sea

Topics

Egypt: Israel in Pharaoh Pursues Israel and is Miraculously Destroyed Egypt: The Country of: Army of Destroyed in the Red Sea Egyptians: Pursue Israelites, and the Army of, Destroyed Israel: Pursued by the Egyptians Journey of Israel Through The Desert: Between Baalzephon and Pihahiroth: Red Sea Divided Prayer: Answered: from Pharaoh's Army Prayer: Answered: Moses, for Help at the Red Sea Select Readings: The Deliverance of the Israelites from Pharaoh

Exodus 14:16

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