39 myths · Page 2 of 2
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.
When princes pressed to bring the first gift, God named the man who sanctified His name in the water. Nachshon of Judah went first again.
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.
At the sea an Egyptian rebukes his horse for rushing into the water. The horse answers that it sees the heights of the universe in the deep.
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.
