above the site of Suez). And in the "morning watch” (at two in the morning) 
the Sea returned. Thus not more than two or three hours seem to have been allotted 
for the passage of three millions of people. Within this time they might have hastened 
over the narrow arm, while to march the greater distance would have been impossible. 
The miracle consisted, not in the march of the people, but in the Divine direction 
of the wind; and the return of the waters at the command of Moses . 1 
Biblical Researches, i. 83. 
