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Psalm 78:13
He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
11They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.
12He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
14In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
15He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
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Waters standing in a heap can awaken wonder at God's command over the sea, while the surrounding lines expose how such deeds were forgotten.
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Exodus 14:21Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters …Both passages credit God with dividing the sea; Exodus describes the wind and Moses stretching out his hand.
Exodus 14:22The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.Both describe Israel passing through the sea, with its waters held up rather than flowing across their path.
Nehemiah 9:11You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into …Both recount God dividing the sea so his people could pass through it.
Psalm 106:9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.Both psalms remember God's command over the sea and his act of bringing the people through.
Psalm 136:13to him who divided the Red Sea apart, for his loving kindness endures forever;Both recall God dividing the sea; Psalm 136 connects that deed with his enduring loving kindness.
Exodus 15:8With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.Both describe the waters standing as a heap under God's power.
Joshua 3:13It shall be that when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of GOD, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the …Both describe waters standing in a heap through God's power, though Joshua speaks of the Jordan rather than the sea.
Psalm 74:13You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.Both name the dividing of the sea as God's act, displaying his power over its waters.
Isaiah 43:16The LORD, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,Both portray God making passage through the sea possible for his people.
Hebrews 11:29By faith they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up.Both recall the people's passage through the sea; Hebrews describes their crossing as an act of faith.
Psalm 33:7He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.Both use the picture of sea waters gathered as a heap to describe God's command over them.
Isaiah 63:12Who caused his glorious arm to be at Moses’ right hand? Who divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?Both remember God dividing the waters before his people; Isaiah connects this deed with his everlasting name.
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Remembering this crossing gives faith a concrete act of God to reckon with. Israel passed through because God split the sea and held back its waters.
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