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Exodus 14:28
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative describes the immediate aftermath of Moses restoring the sea at daybreak, as Pharaoh’s pursuing army is overtaken by the collapsing waters.
The words — וַיָּשֻׁבוּ (va-yāšûḇû) means “and they returned,” denoting the waters flowing back to their original state. וַיְכַסּוּ (va-yəḵassû) means “and they covered,” indicating the waters completely engulfed the chariots and horsemen.
The thread — The collapse of the waters on the pursuing army appears in Psalms 78:53 and Psalms 136:15, while the initial drying of the sea for Israel’s passage is recorded in Psalms 106:9.
Why it lands — The text states that not one of the pursuing soldiers survived, demanding recognition that divine intervention operates through precise, irreversible action rather than gradual process.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Cross-references
- Psalms 78:53 He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.
- Psalms 106:9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
- Psalms 136:15 but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Habakkuk 3:8 Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?
- Habakkuk 3:13 You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah
- Hebrews 11:29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.
- Exodus 14:13 But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
- Exodus 15:10 But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
- Deuteronomy 11:4 what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;
- 2 Chronicles 20:24 When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.