Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,.... With his rod in it, as he was directed to, Exo 14:16. What the poet says (z) of Bacchus is more true of Moses, whose rod had been lift up upon the rivers Egypt, and now upon the Red sea: and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that...
21. And Moses stretched out. We have already said that the passage was free and convenient for the Israelites by night, since the pillar of fire replenished their side with light: and certainly so great a multitude could not reach the opposite shore in an hour or two.
God can break through the greatest difficulties and force a way where none exists. The Almighty is not bound by nature's laws; when He pleases, fire will not burn and water will not flow. This sea divided before Israel is a mirror of His power and His faithfulness to His people.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 14:21-31