Bible fact · Direct biblical statement
Israel crossed the sea on dry ground
Exodus says God drove back the sea with a strong east wind all night, and Israel walked through on dry ground. Exodus 14:21–22
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"Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD 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." Exodus 14:21
"The 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." Exodus 14:22Exodus 14:29
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Exodus 14:21–22 WEB
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 were divided. 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.
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God sent a strong wind all night to make a dry path through the sea, and his people walked across between walls of water!