The Red Sea

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 After suffering devastating plagues sent by God, the Pharaoh of Egypt decided to let the Hebrew people go, as Moses had asked.

God told Moses he would get glory over Pharaoh and prove that the Lord is God. After the Hebrews left Egypt, the king changed his mind and was angry that he had lost his source of slave labor. He summoned his 600 best chariots, all the other chariots in the land, and marched his massive army in pursuit.

The Israelites seemed to be trapped. Mountains stood on one side, the Red Sea in front of them. When they saw Pharaoh's soldiers coming, they were terrified. Grumbling against God and Moses, they said they would rather be slaves again than die in the desert.

Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still." 

The angel of God, in a pillar of cloud, stood between the people and the Egyptians, protecting the Hebrews. Then Moses stretched his hand out over the sea. The Lord caused a strong east wind to blow all night, parting the waters and turning the sea floor into dry land.

During the night, the Israelites fled through the Red Sea, a wall of water to their right and to their left. The Egyptian army charged in after them.

Watching the chariots race ahead, God threw the army into a panic, clogging their chariot wheels to slow them down.

Once the Israelites were safe on the other side, God commanded Moses to stretch out his hand again. As morning returned, the sea rolled back in, covering the Egyptian army, its chariots and horses. Not one man survived.  After witnessing this great miracle, the people believed in the Lord and his servant Moses.

The Scripture
Exodus 14:21-31
The Red Sea
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.  And the Children of Israel went into the midst of the Sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.  And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the Sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.  And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians.  And took off their chariot wheels, that they drove them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.  And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out your hand over the Sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.  And Moses stretched forth his hand over the Sea, and the Sea returned to his strength; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the Sea.  And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that come into the Sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.  But the Children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the Sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.  Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the Seashore.  And Israel saw that Great Work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and His servant Moses.