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Psalms 78:13

78:12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

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He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.

He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

78:14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

What does Psalms 78:13 mean?

Psalms 78:13 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בָּקַע (bâqaʻ), יָם (yâm), עָבַר (ʻâbar).

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He
dividedבָּקַעbâqaʻ/baw-kah'/H1234to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
the
sea,יָםyâm/yawm/H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
and
caused
them
to
pass
through;עָבַרʻâbar/aw-bar'/H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
and
he
made
the
watersמַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
to
standנָצַבnâtsab/naw-tsab'/H5324to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
as
an
heap.נֵדnêd/nade/H5067a mound, i.e. wave

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:13.

Exodus 15:8

And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

Exodus 14:16

But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

Exodus 14:21

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:22

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

Genesis 24:13

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

Genesis 24:43

Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

Genesis 8:1

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

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What does Psalms 78:13 say?

Psalms 78:13 (King James Version) reads: "He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap."

Is Psalms 78:13 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:13 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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