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Soon realising what valuable workers Egypt had lost,

Pharaoh chased the Jews in chariots to retrieve them by force.

Sandwiched between the sea and Pharaoh’s army, the people of Israel were disturbed,

And were divided into those who were ready to surrender, to fight, and to dare to go forward.

G-d delivered the Jews from the hands of the Egyptians by a miraculous phenomenon,

The waters of the Red Sea parted to let them through.

The waters closed over the Egyptians… This made the Jews happy,

The children of Israel believed in G-d and there was no turning back.

When they murmured of thirst and hunger in the wilderness,

G-d sent them water and manna and quail from heaven.

Friday is double, the Sabbath is a day of rest, and the Jews honour it to this day.

Joshua soon gained the first victory over the Amalekites.