upon His throne of justice He resolved to drown the Egyptians in
the sea. [40]

The first upon whom judgement was executed was the Angel of
Egypt - Uzza was thrown into the sea. [41] A similar fate overtook
Rahab, the Angel of the Sea, with his hosts. Rahab had made
intercession before God in behalf of the Egyptians. He had said:
"Why shouldst Thou drown the Egyptians? Let is suffice the
Israelites that Thou hast saved them out of the hand of their
masters." At that God dealt Rahab and his army a blow, under
which they staggered and fell dead, and then He cast their corpses
in the sea, whence its unpleasant odor. [42]

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE EGYPTIANS

At the moment when the last of the Israelites stepped out of the
bed of the sea, the first of the Egyptians set foot into it, but in the
same instant the waters surged back into their wonted place, and
all the Egyptians perished. [43]

But drowning was not the only punishment decreed upon them by
God. He undertook a thoroughgoing campaign against them. When
Pharaoh was preparing to persecute the Israelites, he asked his
army which of the saddle beasts was the swiftest runner, that one
he would use, and they said: "There is none swifter than thy
piebald mare, whose like is to be found nowhere in the world."
Accordingly, Pharaoh mounted the mare, and pursued after the
Israelites seaward. And while Pharaoh was inquiring of his army as
to the swiftest animal to mount, God was questioning the angels as
to the swiftest creature to use to the detriment of Pharaoh. And the