with the passage of the Israelites through it. The others were that
the waters united in a vault above their heads; twelve paths opened
up, one for each of the tribes; the water became transparent as
glass, and each tribe could see the others; the soil underfoot was
dry, but it changed into clay when the Egyptians stepped upon it;
the walls of water transformed into rocks, against which the
Egyptians were thrown and dashed to death, while before the
Israelites could slake their thirst; and, finally, the tenth wonder
was, that this drinking water was congealed in the heart of the sea
as soon as they had satisfied their need. [36]

And there were other miracles, besides. The sea yielded the
Israelites whatever their hearts desired. If a child cried as it lay in
the arms of its mother, she needed but to stretch out her hand and
pluck and apple or some fruit and quiet it. [37] The waters were
piled up to the height of sixteen hundred miles, and they could be
seen by all the nations of the earth. [38]

The great wonder of Israel's passage through the sea took place in
the presence of the three Fathers and the six Mothers, for God had
fetched them out of their graves to the shores of the Red Sea, to be
witnesses of the marvelous deeds wrought in behalf of their
children. [39]

Wonderful as were the miracles connected with the rescue of the
Israelites from the waters of the sea, those performed when the
Egyptians were drowned were no less remarkable. First of all God
felt called upon to defend Israel's cause before Uzza, the Angel of
the Egyptians, who would not allow his people to perish in the
waters of the sea. He appeared on the spot at the very moment