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In the opening of the Torah portion Yitro, we are told that Moses’ father-in-law travels to the Israelite camp because he heard “all that God had done for Moses and for Israel”. Rashi explains that the wonders that Yitro heard were the splitting of the sea and the war with Amalek. The splitting of the sea still has a central place in the daily prayer service with the recitation of the Song of the Sea poem every morning. It is also a feature of the Passover Seder.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is fitting, therefore, that King David lists this miracle above all others in Psalm 66. Verse 5-6: \u201cCome and see the works of God, who is held in awe by men for His acts.He turned the sea into dry land; they crossed the river on foot; we therefore rejoice in Him.\u201d The use of the word “river” is interesting here. The rest of the facts sound familiar- the dry land, the rejoicing in God after, by wasn’t it the Reed Sea?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

King David may actually be combining two different miracles.\u00a0 A mini-version of the crossing of the Reed Sea happens when the Israelites enter the land of Israel in the Book of Joshua. In chapter 3, God stops the waters of the Jordan allowing the Israelites to cross the river on dry land. David flexes his poetic muscle here by referencing both the significant moment of the splitting of the sea when the Israelite were saved from Egypt\u00a0 with the moment the Israelites became a nation when they crossed the Jordan river to sing God’s praises.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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