When Pharaoh's horses, chariots and horsemen went into the sea, the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. The prose summary after the song restates the core event in plain language. The contrast is compressed into a single sentence: Pharaoh's horses and chariots went in and were covered; Israel walked through on dry ground. The juxtaposition is the entire theological statement of the sea crossing in one verse. The same sea, two different outcomes. The poem celebrated this with elaborate imagery; the prose states it with plain efficiency. Acts 7:36 summarizes the same event in Stephen's speech: God led them out and performed wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea and for forty years in the wilderness. The prose summary ensures that after the poetry's heights, the historical reality remains clearly stated.

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