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Crossing of the Red Sea

Illustration of Crossing of the Red Sea
Era
Exodus
Date
Exodus ○ Traditional
Reference
The Book of Jasher 81:30-40

The Crossing of the Red Sea is the climactic deliverance in which Israel passed through divided waters on dry ground while the pursuing Egyptian army was drowned - the foundational miracle of Israel's identity as a people delivered by divine power. Jubilees 48:12-19 describes Mastema being bound during the crossing, removing the spiritual power behind Pharaoh's pursuit. Jasher 81 provides tactical detail of the pursuit and the waters collapsing at dawn. This event becomes the primary reference point for Israel's faith - the definitive proof that God intervenes in history to preserve the covenant people. This event represents a critical juncture in the sacred chronology that the Books of Enoch, Jubilees, and Jasher collectively preserve. Within the jubilee framework that Jubilees meticulously tracks, it occupies a precise position in the divine timetable - not an accident of history but a predetermined turning point inscribed on the heavenly tablets before creation. The expanded narratives in Jasher and the theological interpretations in Jubilees together provide a multidimensional understanding of this moment that illuminates both its immediate consequences and its role in the larger pattern of divine action spanning from creation to final judgment.

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Did You Know?

1

Jubilees states Mastema was bound during the crossing - spiritual warfare in real time.

2

Not a single Egyptian soldier survives, including the entire elite chariot corps.

3

The waters stand as walls on both sides - Israel walks through on dry ground.

4

This becomes Israel's foundational identity narrative, referenced more than any other event.

5

The event inverts the flood: water destroys enemies while saving the righteous.

Key Passage

Crossing of the Red Sea

The Book of Jasher 81:30-40

And Moses said to them, Fear not, for as you have seen the Egyptians this day, so shall you see them no more for ever....

A30nd Moses said to them, Fear not, for as you have seen the Egyptians this day, so shall you see them no more for ever.

31 The third division was of the children of Judah and Joseph, and they resolved to go to meet the Egyptians to fight with them. 32 And Moses said to them, Stand in your places, for the Lord will fight for you, and you shall remain silent. 33 And the fourth division was of the children of Levi, Gad, and Asher, and they resolved to go into the midst of the Egyptians to confound them, and Moses said to them, Remain in your stations and fear not, only call unto the Lord that he may save you out of their hands. 34 After this Moses rose up from amidst the people, and he prayed to the Lord and said, 35 O Lord God of the whole earth, save now thy people whom thou didst bring forth from Egypt, and let not the Egyptians boast that power and might are theirs. 36 So the Lord said to Moses, Why dost thou cry unto me? speak to the children of Israel that they shall proceed, and do thou stretch out thy rod upon the sea and divide it, and the children of Israel shall pass through it. 37 And Moses did so, and he lifted up his rod upon the sea and divided it. 38 And the waters of the sea were divided into twelve parts, and the children of Israel passed through on foot, with shoes, as a man would pass through a prepared road. 39 And the Lord manifested to the children of Israel his wonders in Egypt and in the sea by the hand of Moses and Aaron. 40 And when the children of Israel had entered the sea, the Egyptians came after them, and the waters of the sea resumed upon them, and they all sank in the water, and not one man was left excepting Pharaoh, who gave thanks to the Lord and believed in him, therefore the Lord did not cause him to perish at that time with the Egyptians.

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Did You Know?

1

Jubilees states Mastema was bound during the crossing - spiritual warfare in real time.

2

Not a single Egyptian soldier survives, including the entire elite chariot corps.

3

The waters stand as walls on both sides - Israel walks through on dry ground.

4

This becomes Israel's foundational identity narrative, referenced more than any other event.

5

The event inverts the flood: water destroys enemies while saving the righteous.

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