Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
- BSB That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
- NKJV So the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
- NASB So the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
- NLT That is how the Lord rescued Israel from the hand of the Egyptians that day. And the Israelites saw the bodies of the Egyptians washed up on the seashore.
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That day Yahweh saved Israel from Egypt, and they saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
Overview
The exodus reaches its climax in the declaration that Yahweh 'saved Israel.' The visible evidence on the shore confirms that the long bondage and threat are ended. This deliverance becomes the paradigm of salvation throughout Scripture, pointing to the greater rescue accomplished in Christ.
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- Ps 106:10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
- Ps 106:8Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
- Jude 1:5I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
- Ps 92:9–11For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
- Ps 58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
- 1 Sam 14:23So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.
- Ps 59:10The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
- Exod 14:13And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
- Ps 91:8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
- Isa 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
- 2 Chr 32:22Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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