Exodus 14:22

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“and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.”

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“and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and the sons of Israel go into the midst of the sea, on dry land, and the waters <FI>are<Fi> to them a wall, on their right and on their left.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 14:22 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 14:29But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
  2. Exodus 15:8At 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.
  3. Exodus 15:19For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.
  4. Numbers 33:8They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.
  5. Joshua 3:16the 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 completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
  6. Joshua 3:17The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan.
  7. 2 Kings 2:8And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
  8. 2 Kings 2:14Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.
  9. Nehemiah 9:11You 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.
  10. Psalms 66:6He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.
  11. Psalms 78:13He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
  12. Psalms 106:9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
  13. Psalms 136:13He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.
  14. Psalms 136:14and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever.
  15. Isaiah 11:15The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.
  16. Isaiah 11:16There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.
  17. Isaiah 51:10Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
  18. Isaiah 63:13who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?
  19. Habakkuk 3:8Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?
  20. Zechariah 2:5For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
  21. 1 Corinthians 10:1I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
  22. Hebrews 11:29By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

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