Have you ever read something over many times and still not grasped the meaning in the words you have read. Read on then for a surprise. Once you have read this explanation of teh Exodus then go to http://www.sightedmoonnl.com/?page_id=614 to read The Rest of the story from Egypts point of view.

I love reading about and studying the Exodus. It has so much meaning and is so powerful. I love to watch Cecil B. De Mille’s The Ten Commandments. I first saw it in the movies theatres with my Nan in Newfoundland, (1962?), and was amazed by the colours and the whole story. I was 5 or so at the time and coloured TV was not yet a reality . The movie has yet to bore me, after all these years.

But do you realise how much a movie like this can influence your thoughts. Even though it is not quite right with scripture.

All through High school I tried to prove how the waters could be divided by natural causes. I read how others theorised on earth quakes and on tidal flows and many other hair brain concoctions. But none explained the events with any clarity. But the answer has always been in the Bible. It’s so amazing.

In recent years I have learned that the actual crossing site was a total of 82 meters deep at one point. To learn more on this I suggest the reader go on-line and order the Exodus Case by Lennart Moller at Amazon .com. http://www.amazon.com/Exodus-Case-3rd-Extended/dp/8772477083 A most intriguing read. You should also watch the trailers of the Exodus Conspiracy at http://www.exodusconspiracy.com/

But I am not discussing the book, but I would point out to you Exodus 15:8 where Mariam, Moses’ sister sings. And with the blast of Your nostrils The waters were gathered together; The floods stood upright like a heap; The depths congealed in the heart of the sea. The New King James Version

How many times I have read right over this one verse.
Look again at the different translations;

Young’s Literal Translation
Exodus 15:8 And by the spirit of Thine anger Have waters been heaped together; Stood as a heap have flowings; Congealed have been depths In the heart of a sea.

The Complete Jewish Bible
With a blast from your nostrils the waters piled up -the waters stood up like a wall, the depths of the sea became firm ground.

The New American Standard Bible
” At the blast of Your nostrils the waters were piled up, The flowing waters stood up like a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.

The Holman Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 78:13 He split the sea and brought them across;
the water stood firm like a wall

The Holman Christian Standard Bible
Exodus 15:8 The waters heaped up at the blast of Your nostrils; the currents stood firm like a dam. The watery depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

Now if we dissect this verse we see the following.
The waters gathered together comes from the Hebrew word ~r[ Strongs # 6192 pronounced `ARAM and it means - (Niphal) to heap up, pile, be heaped up and this expression is used just this one time in all the Bible

the flood comes from the word lzn Strongs #5140 pronounced Nazal and it means to drip, or shed by trickling, to flow, distil, flow forth or down, trickle, drop
(Qal)
to flow , gush out, melt, pour down, running water, stream
1a streams, floods (participle) to distil
(Hiphil)
to cause to flow
This same word is translated as follows in other places in the Bible

King James Word Usage - Total: 16 flood 3, flow 3, stream 2, pour out 1, distil 1, melted 1, drop 1, running waters 1, flow out 1, pour down 1, gush out 1

stood upright comes from the word bcn Strongs # 5324 pronounced Natsab and it means to stand, take one’s stand, stand upright, be set (over), establish
(Niphal)
to station oneself, take one’s stand
to stand, be stationed
to stand, take an upright position
to be stationed, be appointed
deputy, prefect, appointed, deputed (subst)
to stand firm
(Hiphil)
to station, set
to set up, erect
to cause to stand erect
to fix, establish
(Hophal)
to be fixed, be determined, be stationary

King James Word Usage - Total: 75 stand 34, set 12, officers 6, set up 7, upright 2, appointed 1, deputy 1, erected 1, establish 1, Huzzab 1, miscellaneous 9

as an heap comes from the word dn Strongs # 5067 pronounced Ned and has just this meaning - heap , piling up; a mound ; ie a wave
and is always meant as heap
King James Word Usage - Total: 6 heap 6

and the depths comes from the word ~wht Strongs # 8415 pronounced T@howm and has the following meaning - deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea
deep (of subterranean waters)
deep, sea, abysses (of sea)
primeval ocean, deep
deep, depth (of river)
abyss, the grave

King James Word Usage - Total: 36 deep 20, depth 15, deep places 1

were congealed comes from the word apq Strongs # 7087 pronounced Qapha’ and means - to shrink, to thicken, ( as unracked wine, curdled milk, clouded sky, frozen water), condense, congeal, settle, become dense
(Qal) to be condensed
thickening (participle)
(Hiphil) to cause to curdle n m
congelation

King James Word Usage - Total: 5 congeal 1, settled 1, curdle 1, variant 1, dark 1

Job 10:10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Zep 1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
Zec 14:6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:

What I am seeing after I have dissected this one verse is a very different and unimaginable view.

I live in Canada and we have winters here. I have been to Georgian Bay and seen the waters in the middle of winter push the ice flows into shore and the strength of the wind has caused the ice to pile up on the shoreline in a heap. It is a beautiful wonder land when this happens. I have also been to Niagara Falls in February and seen the mountains of ice around the falls and seen pictures there of when the ice was 50 feet high. And just this year in January 2005 on the news from Massachusetts, a winter storm blowing from the Atlantic covered houses and trees in 6″ of solid ice. It looked again like a wonderland of beauty.

One last thing. I work in construction and in the spring and in the fall the conditions change in the ground from day to day. In early morning the frost can make the ground very hard. We can walk across the mud no problem. But after the heavy equipment goes over the same ground a number of times the ground breaks up and you have the mud and jagged pieces of frozen ground sticking up. Now everything is sticking to the mud and it is very hard to walk around. So that by mid morning it is very hard to walk any where with out getting all muddy and stuck in the mud or falling.

Now I would like you to stretch your imaginations with me and reread this Exodus crossing with the other translations and this understanding of what happens on the construction site.

Here is what the Bible says in the NEW KING JAMES untouched.

Exodus 14:21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 23 And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, that the Lord looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled the army of the Egyptians. 25 And He took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.” 26 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.” 27 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained. 29 But the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 30 So the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. 31 Thus Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done in Egypt; so the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord and His servant Moses.
Exodus 15:8. And with the blast of Your nostrils The waters were gathered together; The floods stood upright like a heap; The depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

So that I may help you to better comprehend the events of this Miraculous event, please allow me to say the following. Taken from this new understanding and from Josephus book 2 chapter 15-16

NEW KING JAMES and my interpretation
21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. An east wind is always an ill wind or cold wind. This wind was so cold the salt water foam looked like white clouds, or curdling white milk. And they were frozen and piled up in heaps on top of itself, piled high. In fact the deepest part of the crossing was 82 meters or over 250 feet high in the middle. Frozen walls of ice with melting ice turning into water trickling down into streams. The ground was frozen so hard Israel could walk across on dry ground. Their wagons and animals and all others on foot. 22 So Moses led the way and commanded the Israelites to follow him because the people feared it was so dangerous looking. And so foreign. A winter wonderland. The children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry frozen ground, and the waters were frozen also, as if into a wall in piles on their right hand and on their left. 23 And the Egyptians when the darkness was lifted were surprised to see the Israelites crossing in the midst of this frozen wonderland and were scared to pursue in such a dangerous condition. But they remembered each and every one of them having lost a first born from each family and they recalled their land was destroyed by plagues and down into this winter wonderland they pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. Six hundred chariots, with fifty thousand horsemen, and two hundred thousand footmen. All Armed for war. A fighting force of 50 brigades. 24 Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, before dawn, as the Egyptian Army closed in on Israel, that the Lord looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and gave a glance back at them and He panicked the army of the Egyptians. 25 And He took off their chariot wheels as they became clogged in the mud, so that they drove them with difficulty; with the horses hooves breaking through the frost and sticking to the mud, and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.” And they sounded the retreat. 26 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.” 27 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, just as the first rays of the sun rising from the east over the mountains hit the frozen heaps of ice on the western shore, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. With thunder and lightening and a whirl wind and pouring rain. (Psalm 77:16-20)The walls of ice crashed down on the Egyptians smashing the chariots and wagons and men and horses to pieces. 28 Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained. Approximately 251,200 men were destroyed. All of Pharaoh’s army and Pharaoh as well. 29 But the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall of frozen heaps to them on their right hand and on their left. 30 So the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. 31 Thus Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done in Egypt; so the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord and His servant Moses.

This Passover Season put some live into the real story of the Exodus. Make it real as you read it. Make it personal!

Joe Dumond

Frozen railing at the Falls
by Gerry Kennedy

The continual spray coats everything around the Falls, producing fantastic ice shapes. The ice on this railing was about 6-8 inches thick.
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/8568/photo5.html

Like all tidewater glaciers, part of the leading edge is submerged. The Lamplugh glacier is 150-160 feet above water, and 10-40 feet below water.
http://www.lcss.net/glacierbay/Glacier_Bay_glaciers_11.htm


http://huey.colorado.edu/LTER/images/pictures/glaciers/icewall.html
This Glacier is only 60 Feet tall. The Red Sea Crossing would be 4 times as high.

http://huey.colorado.edu/LTER/
Photo Credit: Thomas Nylen
Caption: A waterfall flowing off Canada Glacier

Waterfall flowing off the Canada Glacier
I would imagine it looked a lot like this with the frozen sea bed going down then up the other side and melting trickling water, that looked like a cloudy sky or curdling milk, thickening. Remember none of the Israelites had ever seen a glacier let alone snow of any real amount. And it was night time, and one of the words can mean dark.

The Margerie Glacier’s height is 250 feet. The glacier also extends another 100 feet below the water line. By comparison, the Statue of Liberty is 307 feet tall.
http://www.lcss.net/glacierbay/Glacier_Bay_glaciers_01.htm

Now imagine walking through this. Having been a slave in Egypt all your life. Never having seen snow.

It’s dark, the Egyptian army is right over there and the only thing separating you from them is the cloud of Yahweh which is now become very dark over the Egyptians to the west. There is no where to flee. The Red Sea is 20 mile across to the east. You have no boats. The Egyptian garrison is to the north, Migdol. The mountains are impassable as they go right into the sea to the south The wind is blowing and cold. Then in the din of torches you see the sea disappear and the sea bed become hard. You also see the white frozen mounds of ice piled up on the side in heaps. Having never seen snow or known of ice. You don’t know what to make of it.

Then after a bit this Moses guy walks to the front and says ‘come on and follow me’. And he starts to walk down into this chasm on the hard sea bottom. Going further out and down. With the torches flickering you wonder what to do. With the army only steps away and no where else to go, you start to go down after Moses. You are terrified. How can all this happen? Where did the water go? What is all this white stuff? Then slowly, but for a moment, the others start to follow, and then they all begin to rush forward, bringing their animals and wagons and the gold they had been given by the Egyptians. Quickly and quietly they walk down deeper and deeper into the bottom of the sea, until they get to the half way point and begin to ascend. But the torches reflect off the blue white and green ice, as high as their necks could see in the dark. 250 feet up at the deepest part. They could here the odd crash and became frightened again. They could see in the torch light, that the ice was melting and trickles of water were running down into streams. They could hear over the wind water gushing in streams behind the ice wall.

Two million Israelites and an unknown number of foreigners crossed that night in silence, and in awe. Trembling from the cold and from the fear of the danger their lives were in. In danger of these walls crashing. After all they were a sea yesterday, and now mountains of ice. And they were in fear of the Egyptians still on the other shore. But as they came out on the shores of Arabia, relief was in sight. They had survived this awesome and fearsome night. But there were still many coming out behind you. And as you looked back in the night all you can hear the silence except for the shuffling of feet and carts. You can see hundreds of thousands of torches swaying with each step as your kin walk out. And you see the awesome walls of blue and green and white ice reflecting in the shimmering torch lights. Beautiful and terrifying at the same time. And you just walked through this.

On the other side the Egyptians had made camp in the darkness. Knowing that the Israelites only way out was through this wadi where the 250,000 man strong Army of Egypt was now camped. And with smugness they knew they would have their revenge on this unarmed mob as soon as daylight broke. Revenge for the first born where every family in Egypt lost at least one in each house. Revenge for the animals that also died that night, and the ones that died during the hail and the crops that were eaten and destroyed by bugs and hail. Revenge for all that these slaves had cost them. And to take back all the gold and clothes and jewellery that they had given them. As they sat in the dark darkness they pondered What were we thinking in giving away everything?

It was still dark but the severe darkness had now left them. They could see and were stunned to learn the Israelites were no longer there. Pharaoh yells out for search teams to look for them and then he is told they went into the sea on dry ground. Pharaoh is so mad that once again he has been made a fool. He orders his army to go in to the sea after them. His captains look at each other, thinking this was crazy. Look at the white stuff. And before they had time to reason they’re way out of the pursuit, Pharaoh reminds them of what they have lost. Fathers, sons, wives and animals. And again he gives the order to charge and to kill as many as resisted.

The 600 Charioteers mounted up with an archer and spear man each to a chariot, and so did the 50,000 horsemen, and down the incline they went in hot pursuit. The 200,000 footmen in quick march also joined, torches in one hand, spears in the other and swords ready at their sides. Each and every one ignoring their fear as they charged down the slope in obedience. All the priest of the temple in their golden chariots and even Pharaoh in all his gold and splendour, went in to this strange phenomena, with frozen white mountains of ice on both sides getting higher and higher as they went down further. Their rage and thoughts of revenge over riding their common sense to be fearful in such a surreal event.

From the east the Israelites, suddenly hear the echo of hooves and the rhythmic clatter of soldiers marching fast across the same frozen ground they had just passed over. As the Israelites ascend out they can look back and see the torches of Pharaoh’s army coming down the opposite slope. It is 20 miles back, but it looks like a stream of fire as it descends down the far slope. A flowing stream of fire moving fast towards them. There are still hundreds of thousands still not yet out and those out begin to yell the warning . ‘Run RUN RUUUN, They’re coming.’ Panic begins to go through Israel. People on the beach start to look for cover and those still in the sea begin to run up and out. But they are tired.

As the thunder of the chariots gets louder and gets closer many begin to tell Moses. We could just give up and go back. Why die out here for nothing? As the chariots grew closer the frost in the ground began to come out. The wheels were so thin, and the chariot with the men so heavy, they broke through the frost and became clogged with mud. The horses too, were stepping through the frost and no longer able to gallop. The footmen also found it difficult to quick march with so much mud. Then as dawn was about break the cloud of fire that was in front of Israel, leading them, turned to the rear just as Pharaoh was closing in on the last of the stragglers coming out of the sea. And from in the cloud gave a glance so fearsome to Pharaoh and his chariots and his horsemen, who were just about upon the Israelites, that it scared the rebelliousness out of them. Pharaoh finally realised he was fighting God. And he sounded the retreat. But his wheels had already come off and the horses found it hard to drag the wheel less chariots around. And they all in a panic tried to retreat with great difficulty due to the mud.

Moses then stretched out his hand as God had told him too. And as the sun broke over the horizon and began to shine on the far westerly shore, it began to melt the ice. The last of the Israelite came up out of the sea and were safe on the shore. They were all looking at the Army in retreat, and wondering what was going to happen next.

Suddenly from the far side they could see the ice crashing down, and like dominoes the mounds of ice piled high, began to crash down all along both side of the chasm they had just walked through. At the same time there was lightening and thunder and heavy rain and a whirl wind and in an instant 251,200 men and horse were crushed, to smithereens. Pharaohs army was no more. Not one person survived. No not one.

Joe Dumond