From the last warning to the morning on the far side of the sea, told by the Israelites and Egyptians who were there.
Nothing green left anywhere since the locusts. Then three days of darkness so thick you could feel it. And the Hebrews next door had light in their houses the whole time.
They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt. So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days. No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
Replying to @egypt.neighbour
We did. Sorry.
No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
I have instructed the Hebrew to get out of my sight and never show his face here again. He agreed. Rather readily.
“Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.” “As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.”
Nine plagues, and Pharaoh’s still saying no. The LORD says there’s one more. After this one he won’t just let us go. He’ll drive us out.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.
Replying to @moses
What’s the tenth?
Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.
Every single sign, done right there in front of Pharaoh, in his own court, in full view of everyone. And every single time, he said no.
Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.
Kindly note the Hebrew’s parting words to this court: that we would all come and bow down to him and beg him to leave. He then turned round and walked out.
And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
Replying to @pharaohscourt
He’s been right nine times.
And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
Honest opinion, and I work at court. People here think a lot of Moses. The officials, ordinary people, everyone. Nine plagues will do that.
And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.
The line I can’t stop thinking about. Among us, he said, not even a dog will growl. So Egypt knows the LORD treats Egypt and Israel differently.
But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
Replying to @israelite.elder
He already has. The flies, the hail, the darkness. None of it touched Goshen.
But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land. The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived. No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
New one from Moses. Everyone, men and women, is to ask their Egyptian neighbours for silver and gold. Ask them. For gold.
Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
Replying to @theisraelites
Funny thing is, they might. The Egyptians round here have been kind to us lately.
And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.
New calendar. The LORD says this month is the first month of our year from now on.
Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
Replying to @moses
Year one.
“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
Every household picks a lamb today. A male, a year old, nothing wrong with it. Sheep or goat, either’s fine. Keep it until the fourteenth.
Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household. If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly. Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats. You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
Replying to @israelite.elder
It’s just the two of us, so we’re going halves on one with next door. You work it out by how many are eating.
If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.
Found ours. Went over every bit of it. Not a mark on it.
Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
Twilight. Every family in Israel at the same moment. The lambs are killed.
You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
A bunch of hyssop, dipped in the bowl. Blood brushed across the top of the doorframe and down both sides. Done.
They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.
Replying to @goshen.mum
And nobody goes out of that door until morning. Nobody.
Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.
People keep asking why the blood. The LORD said when he sees it, he’ll pass over that house and won’t let the destroyer in. That’s why tonight is called the Passover.
This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover. On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a sign; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
Replying to @moses
And the houses without it?
On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
Tonight’s dinner: the lamb, roasted whole over the fire. Flat bread, no yeast. Bitter herbs. Eaten fast, dressed to travel, sandals on, a staff in every hand. Like we’re leaving any minute.
They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Do not eat any of the meat raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over the fire—its head and legs and inner parts. Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over. This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.
Replying to @goshen.mum
Anything left over gets burned before morning. None of it’s kept.
Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.
Every house in Goshen smells of roast lamb tonight. Every door has blood on it.
They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Born a slave in Egypt. Tonight I’m eating my dinner with my sandals on and my staff in my hand.
This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.
One day your kids will ask what this meal is about. Tell them it’s the LORD’s Passover. He passed over our houses in Egypt and spared us.
When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’ you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
Replying to @moses
We bowed down right there when he told us. Then everyone went and did exactly what he said.
you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped. And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
And we keep this night every year from now on. For good.
And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
Midnight. The LORD struck down every firstborn in Egypt. From Pharaoh’s own firstborn to the son of the prisoner in the dungeon.
Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.
Every Egyptian house on our street. There isn’t an Egyptian house anywhere without someone dead.
During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
The whole palace is up. The king, all of us. His firstborn too.
Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock. During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
We’re all inside with the doors shut, like we were told. We can hear the crying. All over Egypt.
Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning. During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
Replying to @theisraelites
Not one of our houses was touched.
you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
Sent out in the dark to find Moses and Aaron. The king wants them. Tonight.
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
Pharaoh’s answer, in the middle of the night. Get up and go, you and all the Israelites. Go and worship the LORD, like you asked. Take your flocks and herds. And bless me too.
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested. Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”
Replying to @aaron
We had advised him to let them go before the locusts.
Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?” Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
That was his first answer. Tonight he asked us to bless him.
Pharaoh@pharaoh · Pharaoh’s courtWho is this LORD, and why exactly should I obey him? I am not acquainted with him. And I will not be letting Israel go.Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”
Go. Please. Just go, or we’re all going to die.
And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”
Replying to @egypt.neighbour
Everyone’s saying it. Get them out, quickly.
And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”
No time for anything. The dough hasn’t even risen. It’s in the kneading bowl, wrapped in a cloak, up on my shoulder.
So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.
Replying to @goshen.mum
Same in every house.
So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.
Asked the woman next door for silver and gold, like Moses said. She gave me gold. And a cloak.
Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing. And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.
Replying to @goshen.mum
Take it. Take whatever you want. Just go.
And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.
Well. She handed me her earrings.
A small household in Goshen@justthetwoofusI’ll believe it when the woman next door hands me her earrings.Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing. And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.
Abraham was told his family would be slaves in a land that wasn’t theirs, and would come out with great possessions. We’re carrying Egypt’s silver and gold out of the door.
Abraham@abrahamHe told me my descendants would be slaves in a land that isn’t theirs for 400 years, and then come out. After dark, a smoking firepot and a blazing torch passed between the pieces. Only the fire went through.Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions. Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing. And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.
The LORD made the Egyptians generous to us. Whatever we asked for, they gave. That’s how we plundered Egypt. We asked.
And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.
Out of Rameses, heading for Succoth. On foot. Around 600,000 men, plus the women and children. Plus the flocks and the herds. It’s a lot of people.
The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children. And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
Replying to @theisraelites
Watching them go past. It just doesn’t end.
The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children. And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
Not an Israelite. Going anyway. Lowkey there’s a whole crowd of us who aren’t.
And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
Replying to @mixedcrowd
Keep up, then.
And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
And not a hoof was.
Moses@mosesMy answer to number four: not a hoof left behind.And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
Next door’s empty.
The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
Four hundred and thirty years in Egypt. To the very day. And we walk out.
Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years. At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
Replying to @moses
The LORD kept watch all night to bring us out. So every year, on this night, we keep watch for him.
Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.
We’ve got Joseph’s bones with us. He made his family swear to it before he died. We kept it.
Joseph@joseph.son.of.jacob · EgyptI’m about to die. But God will definitely come for you and take you up out of this land, to the land he promised Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. When he does, carry my bones up from here.Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”
Replying to @moses
He said God would come for us. He came.
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”
First bread out of Egypt. The dough we grabbed, baked flat. No yeast, no time, and nobody had packed any food.
Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.
Replying to @theisraelites
Still counts as bread.
Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.
Remember this day. The day you came out of Egypt, out of slavery. The LORD brought you out with his own strong hand.
So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
Replying to @moses
Every year, seven days of bread with no yeast. And when your son asks why, you tell him: because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.
For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD. Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders. And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
From now on every firstborn son among us belongs to the LORD. We buy each one back.
“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.” You must redeem every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. And every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.
Genuine question. Why aren’t we going up the coast road? It’s shorter.
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
Replying to @justthetwoofus
Philistine country. God said if they run into a war, they might change their minds and go back to Egypt.
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
Marching out in ranks, like an army. None of us has ever been an army.
So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.
Camped at Etham, right on the edge of the desert. And there’s a pillar of cloud in front of us. It moves, we move.
They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness. And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
Replying to @goshen.mum
Wait. What is that?
And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
At night it turns to fire. You can walk in the dark by it.
And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
Replying to @theisraelites
So we can keep going after dark. Handy.
And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
Cloud by day, fire by night. It hasn’t left the front of the column once.
Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.
New instruction from the LORD. Turn back and camp by the sea, at Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the water.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
Replying to @moses
Turn back? And camp with the sea behind us?
“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
Me again. Guess who had to tell the king. They’re not coming back. They’ve legged it.
When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
What have we done? We have let Israel go. Who is going to serve us now?
When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
Replying to @pharaoh
The court is asking the same question.
When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
Same room, same people. Now they want them back.
Pharaoh’s officials@pharaohscourtWith respect, Your Majesty: how long is this man to be a trap for us? Let them go. Does Your Majesty not yet see that Egypt is ruined?When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
The king’s had his own chariot got ready. Six hundred of the best chariots, plus every other chariot in Egypt, officers on every one. We’re going after them.
So Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took his army with him. He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.
Replying to @egypt.charioteer
Word is they didn’t sneak off. Marched out with their heads up, apparently.
And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.
Something on the horizon behind us. Dust. Horses. Chariots. It’s Egypt.
The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon. As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.
Replying to @backofthecamp
Everyone’s crying out to the LORD.
As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.
Caught them up. They’re camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth. Nowhere left to go.
The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.
Weren’t there enough graves in Egypt? Is that why Moses brought us all the way out here to die? What has he done to us?
They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
Replying to @israelite.redsea
We told him back in Egypt. Leave us alone and let us work for the Egyptians. Better slaves than dead in the desert.
Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
Told everyone to be still. Then I cried out to the LORD myself. He said: why are you crying out to me? Tell them to move.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.
Replying to @moses
Lift your staff, he said. Stretch your hand out over the sea and split it, and they’ll walk through on dry ground.
And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
The cloud’s moved. It’s been out in front of us the whole way. Now it’s come round behind us, and it’s standing between us and them.
And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them, so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.
Replying to @backofthecamp
The angel of God that’s been leading us has gone to the back as well.
And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
There’s a cloud between us and them. Nobody’s getting near anybody tonight.
so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.
Stretched my hand out over the sea.
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
The wind. A strong east wind, all night long. It’s driving the sea back.
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
The sea has split. There’s a way through the middle. Dry ground.
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
Replying to @theisraelites
Dry. Not mud. Dry.
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
Walls of water. One on the right, one on the left. And we’re walking between them.
and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
Replying to @miriam
Kneading bowl still on my shoulder.
So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing. and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
That was me, asking about graves. I’m walking through the middle of the sea. On dry ground.
An Israelite by the Red Sea@israelite.redseaWeren’t there enough graves in Egypt? Is that why Moses brought us all the way out here to die? What has he done to us?and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
Replying to @israelite.redsea
Keep walking.
and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
Still going. Through the sea now.
Someone from the mixed crowd@mixedcrowdNot an Israelite. Going anyway. Lowkey there’s a whole crowd of us who aren’t.And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
They’ve gone into the sea on some kind of path. We’re going in after them. All of us. Horses, chariots, drivers.
And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.
They’ve followed us into the sea.
And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.
Something’s wrong. The whole army’s in a panic. The wheels keep jamming. You can barely drive.
At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion. He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
Replying to @egypt.charioteer
Everyone’s shouting the same thing. Get away from the Israelites. The LORD is fighting for them against Egypt.
He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
The pillar of fire and cloud is right over their army.
At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
The LORD told me to stretch my hand out over the sea again. I did. At daybreak the water went back to where it belongs. They were trying to turn round.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
Replying to @moses
The water covered the chariots and the horsemen, the whole army that followed us in. Not one of them survived.
The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
We walked right through the middle of the sea on dry ground. All of us.
But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
The sea’s back where it was. And the Egyptians who chased us are lying dead on the shore.
So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea. That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
That day the LORD saved Israel from Egypt. We saw his power with our own eyes. We’re in awe of him now. We trust him. And we trust his servant Moses.
That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore. When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
Replying to @israelite.elder
I said we’d die out here. I was wrong.
They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
The baby I watched in a basket in the reeds. Last night he held his hand out over the sea, and it split.
Miriam@miriamI stood a little way off. I had to see what would happen to him.Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
He did.
Moses@mosesThe LORD will fight for you. You just need to be still.That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
I take that one back.
An Israelite mother in Goshen@goshen.mumBe still. With chariots behind us.That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore. When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
On the far shore, Miriam picked up her tambourine. The song they sang is Exodus 15.
Carry onThe walls of JerichoTwo spies on a roof, a river that stops for the priests’ feet, and six days of marching round a city without a word, told by the people on both sides of the wall. Back to the startAn Egyptian neighbourA small household in GoshenPharaohMosesAn elder of IsraelAaronPharaoh’s officialsAn official at Pharaoh’s courtThe IsraelitesAn Israelite mother in GoshenSomeone from the mixed crowdA messenger at Pharaoh’s palaceAn Israelite at the back of the campAn Israelite by the Red SeaAn Egyptian charioteerMiriam