The Crossing of the Red Sea

The tenth blow fell. Pharaoh rose up on the night, he and his servants, and all the Egyptians. There was then a great cry in Egypt, for it was found that there was not a house where there was no one dead. Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and commanded them and the children of Israel to get them forth from among his people with their flocks and their herds. Swift footed messengers carried the command to start at once for Rameses to every section of Goshen. The Israelites did as bidden. Three...