Rung 1 of 8
The story
What happens, plainly.
Pharaoh lets the people go, and Hashem leads them the long way, by the wilderness toward the Sea of Reeds; Moshe carries Yosef's bones, and a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night goes before them. Pharaoh changes his mind and chases them with his chariots, and at the water the people panic. Moshe raises his staff, a strong east wind blows all night, the sea splits, Israel walks through on dry ground, and the water returns over the Egyptians. Moshe and the people sing, and Miriam leads the women with drums and dancing. In the desert the water at Marah is bitter until Moshe throws in a tree; then manna falls each morning, a double portion on the sixth day, none on Shabbat, and a jar of it is set aside for the generations. At Refidim they quarrel for water and Moshe strikes a rock; then Amalek attacks, and while Moshe's hands stay raised, Yehoshua prevails.