You inclined Your right hand—the earth swallowed them up

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Shirah 7:8

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 2, 2025

You inclined Your right hand—the earth swallowed them up." An analogy: A renegade stands and blasphemes behind the king's palace: If I find the king's son, I will seize him and slay him. I will impale him and kill him with a terrible death. Thus Pharaoh stood and blasphemed in the land of Egypt: I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide spoil. And the Holy Spirit mocks him and says: "You blew with your breath"—"the sea covered them"; "you inclined your right hand"—"the earth swallowed them."

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Moses Death Jonah Egypt Kings

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