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How The Sea Was Divided Asunder For The Hebrews, When.
They Were Pursued By The Egyptians, And So Gave Them An Opportunity Of Escaping From Them.
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When Moses had said this, he led them to the sea, while the Egyptians looked on; for they were within sight.

Now these were so distressed by the toil of their pursuit, that they thought proper to put off fighting till the next day.

But when Moses was come to the sea-shore, he took his rod, and made supplication to God, and called upon him to be their helper and assistant; and said "Thou art not ignorant, O Lord, that it is beyond human strength and human contrivance to avoid the difficulties we are now under; but it must be thy work altogether to procure deliverance to this army, which has left Egypt at thy appointment.