Led by Pillar of Cloud and Fire
The children of Israel traveled toward the Red Sea, led by the pillar of cloud and fire. In a few days they came to the seashore, with the water before them and high mountains on each side. But King Pharaoh wanted them back as soon as they had gone. He called out his army, his chariots, and his horsemen, and followed them. Very soon the army of Egypt was behind the Israelites.
The people shook with fear and cried to Moses, “Why did you bring us out to this terrible place? It would be better to serve the Egyptians than to die here in the wilderness!”
“Do not be afraid,” answered Moses. “Stand still, and see how God will save you. The Lord will fight for you, and you will never see the Egyptians again.”
Then the pillar of cloud went behind them and stood between the Egyptians and the Israelites. To the Israelites it was bright with the glory of the Lord, but to the Egyptians it was dark and terrible.
All that night a mighty east wind blew over the sea. By morning there was a path of dry land with walls of water on either side. Then the pillar of cloud went before them. The Israelites walked safely through the sea and into the wilderness on the other side.
The Egyptians followed with their chariots and horses. But the Lord slowed them by taking off their chariot wheels.
By this time all the Israelites had passed through. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the walls of water rushed back together again. All the army of Pharaoh drowned in the sea, before the eyes of the children of Israel.
Then Moses wrote a song of victory, and all the people sang it together.
Exodus 14-15
The Egyptian army is destroyed by God’s wrath.
Parents:
By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. (Hebrews 11:29)
Children:
1. How did the people know where to go?
2. Who made the cloud move?
3. What happened to Pharaoh’s army?