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108 INFIDELITY REBUKED.
means of dispensing with a direct miracle in causing the
waters of the Red Sea to divide for Israel to pass over,
I regard as savoring too much of direct scepticism.
Nor is it without regret that I see so much of this
kind of argument in Dr. Robinson's valuable "Re-
searches." It has been contended that " a strong
East wind" caused the entire water at the North end ,
of the gulf, to recede Southerly for miles, thus offer- '
ing away for the Isi-aelites to pass over. 1. An East
wind would, not naturally drive the water in the gulf
South, as the gulf itself leads off in nearly a South di-
rection. 2. If this were possible, it would not agree
with the sacred account of the event. " And the
Lord said unto Moses, lift thou up thy rod, and stretch
out thy hand over the sea, and divide it; and the child-
ren of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst
of the sea." "And the children of Israel went into
the midst of the sea, upon the dry ground; and the
waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and
on their left." In whatever way, therefore, " the
Lord caused the sea to go back" by " a strong East
wind," it was in no other way than to leave the wa-
ters a wall on either hand. Nothing but a direct mir-
acle could have effected this.
The most prevalent tradition fixes the miraculous
passage of the Red Sea at Ras Ataka, a promontory
extending into the gulf about five miles South of Suez.
Without pretending to a decided opinion on a question
which cannot be determined with certainty, my im-
pression is that the Israelites did not cross much if any
higher up than this point.
The children of Israel demanded of Pharaoh that
means of dispensing with a direct miracle in causing the
waters of the Red Sea to divide for Israel to pass over,
I regard as savoring too much of direct scepticism.
Nor is it without regret that I see so much of this
kind of argument in Dr. Robinson's valuable "Re-
searches." It has been contended that " a strong
East wind" caused the entire water at the North end ,
of the gulf, to recede Southerly for miles, thus offer- '
ing away for the Isi-aelites to pass over. 1. An East
wind would, not naturally drive the water in the gulf
South, as the gulf itself leads off in nearly a South di-
rection. 2. If this were possible, it would not agree
with the sacred account of the event. " And the
Lord said unto Moses, lift thou up thy rod, and stretch
out thy hand over the sea, and divide it; and the child-
ren of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst
of the sea." "And the children of Israel went into
the midst of the sea, upon the dry ground; and the
waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and
on their left." In whatever way, therefore, " the
Lord caused the sea to go back" by " a strong East
wind," it was in no other way than to leave the wa-
ters a wall on either hand. Nothing but a direct mir-
acle could have effected this.
The most prevalent tradition fixes the miraculous
passage of the Red Sea at Ras Ataka, a promontory
extending into the gulf about five miles South of Suez.
Without pretending to a decided opinion on a question
which cannot be determined with certainty, my im-
pression is that the Israelites did not cross much if any
higher up than this point.
The children of Israel demanded of Pharaoh that