2 Kings 2:8

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“Elijah took his mantle, and rolled it up, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they both went over on dry ground.”

— WEB

“And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.”

— KJV

“And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.”

— ASV

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Joshua 3:14-17 "When the people moved from their tents to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people,"
2 Kings 2:14 "He took Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, “Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?” When he also had struc…"
Hebrews 11:29 "By faith, they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up."
1 Kings 19:13 "When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, an…"
Isaiah 11:15 "Yahweh will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River, and will sp…"
Psalms 114:5-7 "What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?"

Commentary

Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters--Like the rod of Moses, it had the divinely operating power of the Spirit.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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