Neither Camp Drew Near the Other Through the Night

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 233:9

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Another interpretation of "and the one did not come near the other" (Exodus 14:20): neither did the camp of Egypt draw near to the camp of Israel, nor did the camp of Israel draw near to the camp of Egypt.

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