The Wagons of Zion Raised Above Land and Sea
Once the caravan is on the road, the Kebra Nagast says the archangel Michael marched in front of it, cut a path and spread himself like a cloud against the sun. Nobody hauled a wagon. Men, horses, mules and camels were lifted a cubit above the ground, and the company reached the border of Egypt from Gaza in a single day. There, by the river Takkazi, Azariah and his companions told Menyelek that Zion was with them, and he danced before her as his grandfather David had done.
The idols of Egypt fell and broke as Zion passed, shining like the sun. At the Sea of Eritrea, the Red Sea, the waves leaped up and the wagons rose three cubits above them while sea creatures and birds did homage. The travellers camped opposite Mount Sinai and came at last to Belontos on the border of Ethiopia.
Did You Know?
Riders were lifted one span above the backs of their beasts, and the beasts themselves were raised above the ground.
The company covered a distance of thirteen days' march in one day and felt neither tired, hungry nor thirsty.
Egyptian idols in the forms of men, dogs and cats fell down, along with gold and silver figures of birds.
Over the Sea of Eritrea the wagons were raised three cubits above the waves while the sea roared like a lion.
After the crossing the travellers arrived opposite Mount Sinai, stayed in Kades, then went on through Medyam to Belontos.
Key Passage
The Wagons of Zion Raised Above Land and Sea
The Kebra Nagast 55:5-11
And they came to the sea Al-Ahmar, which is the Sea of Eritrea (i.e. the Red Sea), which was divided by the hand of Mose...
5nd they came to the sea Al-Ahmar, which is the Sea of Eritrea (i.e. the Red Sea), which was divided by the hand of Moses, and the children of Israel marched in the depths thereof, going up and down. Now at that time the Tabernacle of the Law of God had not been given unto Moses, and therefore the water only gathered itself together, a wall on the right hand and a wall on the left, and allowed Israel to pass with their beasts and their children and their wives.
Did You Know?
Riders were lifted one span above the backs of their beasts, and the beasts themselves were raised above the ground.
The company covered a distance of thirteen days' march in one day and felt neither tired, hungry nor thirsty.
Egyptian idols in the forms of men, dogs and cats fell down, along with gold and silver figures of birds.
Over the Sea of Eritrea the wagons were raised three cubits above the waves while the sea roared like a lion.
After the crossing the travellers arrived opposite Mount Sinai, stayed in Kades, then went on through Medyam to Belontos.