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Moses at the Red Sea: The Night 600 Egyptian Chariots Trapped Israel With Nowhere Left to Run PATH BENEATH THE DEEP
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Moses at the Red Sea: The Night 600 Egyptian Chariots Trapped Israel With Nowhere Left to Run

A three-chapter biblical chronicle of the dead-end shore at Pi-hahiroth, the pillar of fire at midnight, the burning east wind, and the path beneath the deep

Barely days after marching out of four centuries of Egyptian bondage, six hundred thousand Israelites with their wives, children, and flocks found themselves boxed into a lethal cul-de-sac at Pi-hahiroth: before them tossed the black depths of the Red Sea; on either side rose sheer desert crags; behind them thundered six hundred chosen war chariots of Pharaoh. As the terrified multitude screamed to return to their chains, Moses gripped his sun-split wooden shepherd’s staff from Midian and stretched his hand over the abyss. Across three chapters faithful to Exodus 14, witness the night God carved a highway through the deep.

📖 Scripture Foundation: The Book of Exodus 14:13 • The Book of Exodus 14:14 • The Book of Exodus 14:21
Editorial & Theological Note: Catholic Biblical Chronicle faithful to the Book of Exodus, chapter 14. Every Scripture passage is quoted verbatim from the 73-book Catholic Bible, illuminated by the Easter Vigil Liturgy and the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the Crossing of the Red Sea as the great Old Testament type of Holy Baptism and Christ’s Passover (CCC 1221–1222, 1 Corinthians 10:1–2).
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Chapters in This Series (3)

Chapter 1 The Thunder of Bronze Chariot Wheels at Pi-hahiroth and the Dead-End Shore
Trapped between the black rollers of the Red Sea ahead and six hundred chosen war chariots of Pharaoh hurtling down the mountain pass behind them, hundreds of thousands of Israelites panicked in the night and turned on Moses.
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Chapter 2 The Pillar of Fire Between Two Camps and the Midnight East Wind
Just as Pharaoh’s six hundred war chariots prepared to charge into the unarmed Israelite camp, the Angel of God and the towering pillar of cloud moved behind Israel as a wall of darkness and fire, while Moses’ outstretched staff summoned a burning east wind all through the night.
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Chapter 3 Walking Barefoot Between Two Walls of Water and the Dawn of Freedom
Between two walls of sea water rearing up on their right hand and on their left like dark crystal ramparts, all Israel walked across the dry seabed—before the glance of the Lord in the morning watch clogged the wheels of six hundred Egyptian chariots and closed the deep at daybreak.
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