OLD TESTAMENT TEXTS

Exodus 14:19-31 is the account of how God rescued Israel from the Egyptians at the Red Sea.  Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21 is a hymn that celebrates this event, and it is sometimes said to be the oldest text in the Bible.

Exodus 14:19-31 - "Rescue at the Sea"
Setting.  Few would disagree with the statement that the Exodus event is the central story of salvation in the Old Testament. Problems of interpretation arise, however, when we ask just what happened in the Exodus event, encompasses a sea of stories. The announcement of the death of the Egyptian firstborn and the protective ritual of the Passover in  Exodus 11 -13, which were the focus of interpretation last week, are part of the Exodus event, but they are not the whole story of what salvation means. The Exodus also inc…