Exodus 14:21

Exodus · Old Testament · Chapter 14

“And 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 dry land, and the waters were divided.”Exodus 14:21

What Does Exodus 14:21 Mean?

Exodus 14:21 is found in the book of Exodus, chapter 14, verse 21 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Exodus 14:21 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Isaiah 63:12“That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?”Exodus 15:8“And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.”Psalms 66:6“He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.”Genesis 8:1“And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;”Psalms 77:16“The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.”Psalms 114:3“The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.”Nehemiah 9:11“And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.”Psalms 78:13“He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.”Joshua 4:23“For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:”Psalms 74:13“Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.”Isaiah 50:2“Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.”Isaiah 51:10“Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?”Exodus 14:16“But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.”2 Kings 2:8“And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.”Psalms 106:9“He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.”Acts 7:36“He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.”Exodus 7:19“And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.”Psalms 136:13“To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:”Job 26:12“He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.”Psalms 106:7“Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.”

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