Crossing the Red Sea Song · First Into the Sea | Natan Or

The Egyptian chariots are behind them, the sea is in front, and the whole people stands frozen. Jewish tradition tells of Nachshon, who walked into the water first, until it reached his chin. Then the sea split open. A song from THE TURN: Bible stories told from the inside, in the moment everything changes. Exodus 14:10–22 LYRICS Chariots behind us, I can feel the ground, a million feet are standing and nobody moves, everybody's praying, everybody's bowed, everybody's waiting for the waves to move. But I heard it in the wind: Go forward, so I take a step, the water's at my feet, my heart is pounding louder than the horses, and the sea is cold, the sea is deep. Knee deep, and they're shouting from the shore: Nachshon, have you lost your mind? Maybe I have, but I can't wait anymore, I'd rather drown in trust than stay behind. Waist deep, and the current pulls me down, salt is on my lips, the cold is in my chest, every voice inside me says turn around, but my feet keep walking, and I don't know the rest. Chest now, chin now, I can barely breathe, the sky is coming closer to the sea, I'm not a prophet, I'm a man who believes, God, the waters have come up to me. Save me, save me, the water's at my soul, save me, save me, I'm giving you it all, one more step, one more breath, one more step, one more... And the sea split open, walls of water left and right, and the sea split open, there's a road into the night. I went in with nothing but a promise and a prayer, and the sea split open, and the ground is dry right there. Turn around and look, they're running in behind, mothers, children, old men, all of us are free, the ones who called me crazy, they are laughing, they are crying, the whole of Israel walking through the sea. And the sea split open, walls of water left and right, and the sea split open, there's a road into the night. I went in with nothing but a promise and a prayer, and the sea split open, and the ground is dry right there. And the sea split open, walls of water left and right, and the sea split open, there's a road into the night. I went in with nothing but a promise and a prayer, and the sea split open, and the ground is dry right there. First into the sea, and the ground is dry beneath me. Natan Or · Bible Stories in Song #BibleSong #RedSea #Exodus14 #Nachshon #BibleStories #NatanOr