The sea that the Israelites crossed is commonly identified as the Red Sea, as described in the biblical account of the Exodus in the Book of Exodus. According to the narrative, Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, and they crossed the sea on dry land after God parted the waters. Some scholars also suggest that the crossing might have occurred at a different body of water, such as the Sea of Reeds, but the traditional interpretation remains the Red Sea.
Moses and the Israelites.
The Israelites miraculously crossed the dry seabed of the Sea of Reeds (Exodus 14), which is not necessarily the same as the Red Sea.
It did not protect the Egyptians at all, as soon as the Israelites crossed the red sea , and the Egyptians followed them the waters drowned them all.
The Jordan River (see Joshua 3-4). They crossed the Red Sea in Exodus.
They didn't cross any oceans. The Torah says they crossed the Sea of Reeds (ים סוף). This sea is often mistakenly called the Red Sea.
They left egypt and they crossed the red sea and the travelled the desert for forty years
No, it did not take the Israelites 40 days to cross the Red Sea. According to the biblical account in the Book of Exodus, they crossed the Red Sea in a single night, aided by miraculous events that parted the waters for them. The 40 years mentioned in the Bible refers to the Israelites' wandering in the desert before reaching the Promised Land.
This has been a mistranslation. Moses never crossed the RED SEA - he crossed the SEA OF REEDS. The Israelites were being pursued by a vengeful Pharaoh's army, and were trapped with this sea in front of them. Moses prayed, and God caused the waters to part - allowing them to cross safely. The Egyptian army followed, but God caused the waters to close up again, causing the total destruction of the Egyptians and finally freeing the Israelites fromtheir slavery.
Of course they drowned. It even says it in the Bible. ( Exodus 14:15-31 ) The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen - the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived. Exodus 14:28
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Moses The Crossing of the Red Sea forms an episode in the biblical narrative of The Exodus. It tells of the escape of the Israelites, led by Moses, from the pursuing Egyptians, as recounted in the Book of Exodus. Moses holds out his staff and God parts the waters of the Yam Suph. The Israelites walk through on the dry ground and cross the sea, followed by the Egyptian army. Once the Israelites have safely crossed Moses lifts his arms again, the sea closes, and the Egyptians are drowned.
We cannot know the exact width at that time, because a river is constantly changing; but we do know that it was overflowing it's banks at that time, thus making it wider than normal (as seen in Joshua 3:15). Also, it should be noted that the Israelites crossed through it on dry land miraculously with God's help similar to when they crossed the Red Sea when fleeing from the Egyptians.