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The Assyrian king drinks the water of strangers and counts his hosts, then an angel answers with a body count of one hundred eighty-five thousand.
The camp still measured the water. Nachshon of Judah walked in until it reached his chest. God named that step when the princes asked who would offer first.
Israel ate Passover with loins girded and staff in hand, packed before the door opened. God redeemed a people still clutching idols while Egypt sank like stone.
Pharaoh's jeweled horses pressed from behind while the sea rose ahead, and Israel cried out like a dove boxed between hawk and snake.
At the Reed Sea the waters rose to drown a rebellious people, then saw the covenant of circumcision and fled, splitting only for that mark.
Aaron watched a basket float away on the Nile once and could do nothing about it. Now the sea had closed and he was still staring at water.
At the sea Pharaoh loosed arrows at Israel. God rode a cherub through fire, answered shot for shot, and waved the angels back so the war stayed His alone.
Yesterday the stallion would not drink. Today it dragged the chariot into the sea. In the wall of water the animal saw heaven folded down.
His brothers got vineyards and grain while he got mountains and a raw shore. So Zebulun went up and told God he had been shortchanged.
