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• Revelation 12

  Revelation 12 contains the vision of a woman clothed with the sun who gives birth to a son, a great red dragon who seeks to harm the child and the woman, and a war in heaven between Michael and the dragon, in which the dragon is cast down to the earth.

• Revelation 12:9

  In the vision of war in heaven in Revelation 12, the great dragon is cast down to the earth and identified as "that old serpent," the Devil, and Satan. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of the Devil's identity and origin and of when Satan was cast out.

• Crossing of the Red Sea

  The crossing of the Red Sea is the event recorded in Exodus 14 in which the Israelites, led by Moses, crossed the divided sea on dry ground, while the pursuing Egyptian army was engulfed when the waters returned.

• Red Heifer

  The red heifer is a purification ordinance found in Numbers 19. A red heifer without blemish was burned whole outside the camp, and its ashes were mixed with water and used to purify a person who had become unclean through contact with a dead body.

• Red Sea

  The Red Sea lies between Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula. In the Book of Exodus it is the place where Israel crossed through the midst of the sea on dry ground and where the pursuing Egyptian army was engulfed by the waters.

• The Exodus

  The Exodus is the event in which the people of Israel, led by Moses, escaped slavery in Egypt, crossed the Red Sea, and journeyed to Mount Sinai. It is regarded as the defining example of God's salvation in the Old Testament.

• History of The Salvation Army in Korea

  The history of The Salvation Army in Korea dates from 1908, when the British officer Robert Hoggard (Korean name Heo Ga-du) arrived in Seoul. Alongside evangelism, The Salvation Army in Korea has carried out poor relief and the Red Kettle fundraising campaign.

• Exodus 14:13–14

  These are the words Moses spoke at the Red Sea to the people of Israel, who were terrified at the sight of the pursuing Egyptian army. He told them not to fear but to stand still and see, because God would fight for them and save them. The passage is often cited as an exhortation to trust God in times of crisis.

• Song of Moses

  The Song of Moses refers to two Old Testament poems attributed to Moses: the hymn of deliverance sung after the crossing of the Red Sea (Exodus 15) and the song bearing witness to the covenant that he delivered before his death (Deuteronomy 32).

• Song of Miriam

  The Song of Miriam is a short hymn of praise sung by the prophetess Miriam as she led the women with timbrels and dancing after Israel crossed the Red Sea. It is recorded in Exodus 15:20-21.

• Miriam

  Miriam was the sister of Moses and Aaron and a prophetess who, in Exodus, took up a timbrel and sang with the women after the crossing of the Red Sea. Numbers records that she was struck with a skin disease after speaking against Moses, and that she died at Kadesh.

• Elath

  Elath was a port town on the Red Sea shore in the land of Edom, at the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba. Uzziah (Azariah), king of Judah, rebuilt it and restored it to Judah, but it was lost during the reign of Ahaz.

• Birthright

  The birthright is the firstborn son's right of precedence in inheritance and in representing the family, passed down from his father. It is best known from Genesis, where Esau sold his birthright to his younger brother Jacob for a bowl of stew.

• Marah

  Marah was the first place where the Israelites stopped in the wilderness after crossing the Red Sea, a spring whose water was too bitter to drink. It is the setting of the event in Exodus 15 in which Moses cast a tree into the bitter water and made it sweet.

• Wilderness of Shur

  The Wilderness of Shur was a desert region between the eastern frontier of Egypt and southern Canaan. It was the first place the Israelites entered after crossing the Red Sea. English Bibles call it Shur throughout, while Korean Bibles render the name as Sul in Genesis and elsewhere.

• Exodus 15

  Exodus 15 contains the song of deliverance sung by Moses and Israel after crossing the Red Sea, Miriam's answering song, and the opening scene of the wilderness journey, in which the bitter water of Marah is made sweet and the people arrive at Elim.

• Zechariah 1

  The first chapter of the Book of Zechariah. It opens with a call to the people who had returned from exile to "turn ye unto me," followed by the first two of the prophet's eight night visions: the man on the red horse among the myrtle trees, and the four horns and the four craftsmen.

• Pi-hahiroth

  Pi-hahiroth is the place where the Israelites encamped during the Exodus just before crossing the Red Sea. Mentioned in Exodus 14 and Numbers 33, it lay near Egypt's eastern frontier.

• Isaiah 43:16–21

  A passage in the Book of Isaiah that promises Israel in Babylonian exile a "new thing" greater than the Exodus, when God parted the Red Sea: a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. In Korean churches it is widely cited as a text for New Year sermons and for annual church mottos.

• Etham

  Etham was the second place where the Israelites encamped during the Exodus, after they left Succoth. Scripture records that it lay "in the edge of the wilderness." It is the place where the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire are first mentioned.