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The splitting of the Red Sea is an event described in Exodus 14:1–15:21, in which God miraculously splits the sea, and the Israelites cross through on dry land. When the Egyptians try to follow the Israelites, the sea closes in on them, and they drown.
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Crossing the Red Sea, Passover Haggadah, Jacob ben Judah Leib of Berlin, Hamburg and Altona, 1740. From the British Library archive
Crossing the Red Sea, Passover Haggadah, Jacob ben Judah Leib of Berlin, Hamburg and Altona, 1740. From the British Library archive
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