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The Crossing of the Red Sea, by Nicolas Poussin (1633–34). The Crossing of the Red Sea or Parting of the Red Sea (Hebrew: קריעת ים סוף, romanized: Kriat Yam Suph, lit. "parting of the sea of reeds") [1] is an episode in The Exodus, a foundational story in the Hebrew Bible.
More conjecturally, it has also been suggested that suph may be related to the Hebrew suphah ("storm") or soph ("end"), referring to the events of the Reed/Red Sea escape itself: The crossing of the sea signaled the end of the sojourn in Egypt and it certainly was the end of the Egyptian army that pursued the fleeing Hebrews (Ex 14:23-29; 15:4-5).
However, once the Israelites have left, Yahweh "hardens" Pharaoh's heart to change his mind and pursue the Israelites to the shore of the Red Sea. Moses uses his staff to part the Red Sea, and the Israelites cross on dry ground, but the sea closes on the pursuing Egyptians, drowning them all. [19] Moses parts the Red Sea (1907 print)
The Midrash relates that during the Exodus, when the Israelites reached the Red Sea, it did not automatically part. The Israelites stood at the banks of the sea and wailed with despair, but Nahshon entered the waters. Once he was up to his nose in the water, the sea parted. [14] This is the origin of his name "Nahshol", that is, "stormy sea-waves".
Joshua led the Israelites out of the wilderness into the Promised Land, crossing the Jordan River as if on dry ground, [86] just as Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt through the Red Sea, which they crossed as if on dry land [87] After crossing the Jordan River, the Israelites celebrated the Passover just as they did immediately before the ...
In the first reading, when Pharaoh let the Israelites go, God led the people roundabout by way of the Sea of Reeds. [6] The Jerusalem Talmud (Shabbat 6:2 [36b]) explains the meaning of the Hebrew word חֲמֻשִׁים = ḥamušīm, in Exodus 13:18 ("...And the people of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt ḥamušīm"), implying that the people departed Egypt with some fifteen types ...
Israel reopened the sole crossing on the northern edge of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, allowing aid trucks to pass through the Erez checkpoint following U.S. demands to do more to address the ...
Attempting to locate many of the stations of the Israelite Exodus is a difficult task, if not infeasible. Though most scholars concede that the narrative of the Exodus may have a historical basis, [9] [10] [11] the event in question would have borne little resemblance to the mass-emigration and subsequent forty years of desert nomadism described in the biblical account.