This is a new song and lesson that I wrote.   After the song, I created a ready to use lesson plan.  This would work great for Sunday School teachers, Children’s Church leaders, Awana leaders, Homeschoolers, Road trips or just something to help bring this story to life.  The lesson is ready to teach, just follow along.  No extra work involved unless you want to.  This could be used as a full lesson or a filler if you need 10-15 minutes or more.

STORY CLUE: Dry shoes-large crowd-grumbling.   What do you think we are going to learn about today?

Lyrics: These can be used to teach the children the song or can be used as a bible story for younger children or as a poem. 

Red Sea Rush

V1I heard a story from way back when About some people who needed a friend

They were scared and they didn’t know what to do But God had a plan to see them through

CHORUS He split the sea Set us free Walked on dry land Took my hand

Safe on the other side (Safe on the other side!) He’s my guide

You gave him words When he felt too scared to speak

You made a way Through the deep and dangerous sea

V2 God said Moses God said Moses Hold up your staff I’ll do the rest

Walls of water Left and right What a sight! Moses raised

His staff high “Don’t be afraid!” (Don’t you cry!)

CHORUS He split the sea Set us free Walked on dry land Took my hand

Safe on the other side (Safe on the other side!) He’s my guide

I would trust like Moses did When the sea opened up, it split!

The water stood up like a wall God saved them, one and all

I was scared, oh Pharaoh’s coming Can’t you see? Water’s high

Touch the sky God said “Trust Me” (Trust Him now!)

V3He split the sea Set us free

Walked on dry land Took my hand

Safe on the other side (Safe on the other side!) He’s my guide

Moses stretched his staff up high The sea split wide before their eyes

Walls of water on the left and right They walked on through to the other side

He can part the waters He can make a way

Yes He can, yes He can Every single day

Red Sea Rush

Bible Story: The Crossing of the Red Sea

Scripture Passage: Exodus 14

Memory Verse: The LORD will fight for you, and you shall bold your peace.

The Red Sea Crossing

14 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ² “Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea. ³ For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.’ ⁴ Then I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, so that he will pursue them; and I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord.” And they did so. ⁵ Now it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people; and they said, “Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?” ⁶ So he made ready his chariot and took his people with him. ⁷ Also, he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them. ⁸ And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went out with boldness. ⁹ So the Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon. ¹⁰ And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the Lord. ¹¹ Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt? ¹² Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.” ¹³ And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. ¹⁴ The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.” ¹⁵ And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward. ¹⁶ But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. ¹⁷ And I indeed will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. So I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen. ¹⁸ Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gained honor for Myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.” ¹⁹ And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them. ²⁰ So it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. Thus it was a cloud and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other, so that the one did not come near the other all that night. ²¹ Then 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 into dry land, and the waters were divided. ²² So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. ²³ And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. ²⁴ Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, that the Lord looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled the army of the Egyptians. ²⁵ And He took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.” ²⁶ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.” ²⁷ And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. ²⁸ Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained. ²⁹ But the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. ³⁰ So the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. ³¹ Thus Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done in Egypt; so the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord and His servant Moses.

QUESTIONS

1. How did they cross the Red Sea? On dry land 14: 21
2. How did the waters part? The Lord caused a strong East wind 14:21
3. How long did it take them to cross the Red Sea? All night long  14:21
4. What happened when Moses stretched out his hands the first time? The waters parted 14:21
5. What happened when Moses stretched out his hands the second time? The water came back upon the Egyptians and swallowed them. 14:26

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE (FUN FACTS)

*# of men named Moses mentioned in the Bible 1    #of women 1

*Moses means “To draw out”

*Moses was 120 when he died

*He was approximately 80 when God called him to lead the Israelites across the Red Sea

*The Red Sea crossing is one of the most famous miracles in the Bible.

DISCUSSION POINTS

1. Why do you think the song is named Red Sea Rush? They were probably in a Rush to cross the Red Sea
2. (Older kids D.P) How many times do we grumble when things get tough only to see the Lord work out our problem in an amazing way. The Israelites were scared and grumbled to Moses as Pharaoh’s army was coming upon them, Moses told them to stand still and watch the Lord work.

SUGGESTED ACTIVITY: Have kids retell the story from the Israelites perspective, how they felt crossing the Red Sea on dry land.

STORY CLUE REVIEW: OK kids, now that we have finished the lesson, does the Story Clues make sense?  Can anyone explain the Clues and why those clues were given. (Dry shoes- large crowd-grumbling)

Does anyone have any questions about the story?

SOURCES: The Woman’s Study Bible 2nd Ed., The Complete People and Places of the Bible (Pamela McQuade), the Ultimate Bible Character Guide (Gina Detwiler), The Ultimate Infographic Guide (Joseph Holden), Who’s Who and Where’s Where in the Bible for kids (Stephen Miller), The Complete Who’s Who in the Bible (Comfort, Elwell)

Song written by Robin McMullen Produced by AI program (Suno.com) (AITubo.com)