So the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
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.
- KJV Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
- BSB That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
- 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 106:10He saved them from the hand of him who 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 known.
- Jude 1:5Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn’t believe.
- Ps 92:9–11For, behold, your enemies, Yahweh, for, behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evildoers will be scattered.
- Ps 58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
- 1 Sam 14:23So Yahweh saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over by Beth Aven.
- Ps 59:10My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
- Exod 14:13Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again.
- Ps 91:8You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense 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. He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
- 2 Chr 32:22Thus Yahweh saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria and from the hand of all others, 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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