Exodus 15:19 meaning and explanation

For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.

Exodus 15:19, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse closes the song of Moses with a plain summary of what happened at the sea. Moses and the Israelites have just sung praise to God for delivering them from Pharaoh's army, and verse 19 restates the event in prose: the Egyptian horses, chariots and horsemen entered the sea and the waters returned over them, while the Israelites crossed on dry ground.

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