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Red Sea

Between Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula · both · 28 verses

The Red Sea, called in Hebrew the Sea of Reeds, is the body of water Israel crossed after leaving Egypt. It lay between Egypt and the wilderness of Sinai. The name appears in Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy and 8 more in the King James text.

About Red Sea

The Red Sea, called in Hebrew the Sea of Reeds, is the body of water Israel crossed after leaving Egypt. It lay between Egypt and the wilderness of Sinai.

Its place in the story

God parted the waters so Israel passed through on dry ground, and the pursuing army of Pharaoh was drowned when the sea returned. The crossing of the Red Sea is the climactic act of deliverance in the Exodus, celebrated in the song of Moses.

Red Sea in Scripture (KJV)

“And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.”
Exodus 10:19 (KJV)
“But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.”
Exodus 13:18 (KJV)
“Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.”
Exodus 15:4 (KJV)
“So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.”
Exodus 15:22 (KJV)
“And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.”
Exodus 23:31 (KJV)
“(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.”
Numbers 14:25 (KJV)
“And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.”
Numbers 21:4 (KJV)
“Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,”
Numbers 21:14 (KJV)

Red Sea is named 28 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

The passing of Israel through the sea to freedom is read in the New Testament as a picture of salvation and is echoed in the theme of passing through waters, drawn up in Christ.

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Where is Red Sea in the Bible?

The Red Sea, called in Hebrew the Sea of Reeds, is the body of water Israel crossed after leaving Egypt. It lay between Egypt and the wilderness of Sinai. The name appears in Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy and 8 more in the King James text.

What happened at Red Sea?

God parted the waters so Israel passed through on dry ground, and the pursuing army of Pharaoh was drowned when the sea returned. The crossing of the Red Sea is the climactic act of deliverance in the Exodus, celebrated in the song of Moses.

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