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Their chariot wheels came off, and all went wrong with them.

At last the Lord told Moses to stretch his hand forth over the sea,
that the waters might come back upon the Egyptians, and he did so; and
as the sun rose, the sea swallowed up the Egyptian host, and their
bodies were cast upon the shore. There on the other side stood the
great host of Israel, and saw the salvation of God, and they believed
in Him, and in Moses His servant.

[Illustration: Destruction of Pharaoh's army]

Then a great shout went up from the host of Israel. Moses led them in
a song of praise, and Miriam, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine,
and the women followed her in dances as they answered in a chorus of
praise:--

"Sing ye to the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and
the rider hath he thrown into the sea."

Soon they took up their journey, the cloudy pillar going before. There
was but little water by the way, and after three days of thirst, they
came to the waters of Marah, but they were bitter, and the people cried
to Moses,

"What shall we drink?"

Then the Lord showed him a tree which he cast into the waters, and they
were made pure and sweet. Soon after they came to Elim, where there
were twelve wells of water, and seventy palm trees, and there they
rested.

Again they took up their journey and passed through a desert land,
where they could get no food, and again they complained to Moses
because he had brought them into the wilderness to die. They did not
yet believe that God could supply all their need.

"I will rain bread from heaven for you," said the Lord to Moses. He
was ready to provide, if they would only believe in Him and obey Him.

Moses called them to come near before the Lord while Aaron should speak
his word to them. As they came near and looked toward the wilderness
where the cloud stood, the glory of the Lord shone out of it. The Lord
had heard them speak harshly to Moses for bringing them into a desert
to die, but he said,

"At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with
bread."

And his word came true. Great flocks of quails came up and covered the
camp at sunset, so that they caught them for food; and in the morning
the dew lay around them, and when it had risen, there lay on the ground
a small, round, white thing, something like frost, or a little seed,
and it tasted like wafers made with honey. The Lord told Moses that
the people must gather ju