Exodus 14:21 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 14:21

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,

BSB

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ASV

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

KJV

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

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Commentary

4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

A strong east wind - The agency by which the object effected was natural (compare Exo 15:8 note): and the conditions of the narrative are satisfied by the hypothesis, that the passage took place near Suez. The waters were divided - i. e. there was a complete separation between the water of the gulf and the water to the north of Kolsum.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

This march through the sea was in the night, and not a moon-shine night, for it was seven days after the full moon, so that they had no light but what they had from the pillar of fire.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The instituted sign made use of was Moses's stretching out his hand over it, to signify that it was done in answer to his prayer, for the confirmation of his mission, and in favour to the people whom he led. The natural sign was a strong east wind, signifying that it was done by the power of God, whom the winds and the seas obey.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The idea of divine interposition, therefore, is imperative; and, assuming the passage to have been made at Mount Attakah, or at the mouth of Wady Tawarik, an east wind would cut the sea in that line.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּ֨ט	vai.Yet	and he stretched out	H5186 →
מֹשֶׁ֣ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יָדוֹ֮	ya.Do	hand his	H3027 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
הַיָּם֒	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →
וַיּ֣וֹלֶךְ	vai.Yo.lekh	and he drove	H1980 →
יְהוָ֣ה׀	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַ֠יָּם	Hai.yom	the sea	H3220 →
בְּר֨וּחַ	be.Ru.ach	by a wind	H7307 →
קָדִ֤ים	ka.Dim	an east wind	H6921 →
עַזָּה֙	'a.Zah	strong	H5794 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַלַּ֔יְלָה	ha.Lay.lah	the night	H3915 →
וַיָּ֥שֶׂם	vai.Ya.sem	and he made	H7760 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַיָּ֖ם	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →
לֶחָרָבָ֑ה	le.cha.ra.Vah	into <the> dry ground	H2724 →
וַיִּבָּקְע֖וּ	vai.yi.ba.ke.'U	and they were divided	H1234 →
הַמָּֽיִם׃	ha.Ma.yim	the waters	H4325 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Nehemiah 9:11
You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
leads to
- Psalms 78:13
  He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
  Reached by 5 independent paths from here.
- 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…
  Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 14:27–28
  So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
Through
Psalms 66:6
He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.
leads to
- Joshua 3:16
  the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 3:14
  So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.
Through
Exodus 15:8
At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
leads to
- Job 4:9
  By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
Through
Isaiah 63:12
who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
leads to
- Exodus 15:16
  and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have…
Through
Joshua 4:23
For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until…
leads to
- Isaiah 63:12–14
  who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Exodus