Crossing the Red Sea Quiz
Trapped between Pharaoh's army and the sea, the Israelites were terrified — but God was about to do one of the greatest rescues in the whole Bible. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!
- Who chased the Israelites to the sea?
- Pharaoh and his army
- A lion
- Other slaves
- How did the people feel when they were trapped?
- Excited
- Afraid
- Sleepy
- What did Moses tell them?
- 'Run away'
- 'Build a boat'
- 'The Lord shall fight for you'
- What came between the Israelites and the Egyptians?
- A pillar of cloud
- A mountain
- A wall of ice
- What did Moses stretch out over the sea?
- A sword
- His hand, with his staff
- A rope
- What did God do to the sea?
- Parted it so they crossed on dry ground
- Froze it solid
- Set it on fire
- What happened when the Egyptians followed?
- They crossed safely too
- The waters returned and covered them
- They turned back
- On what did the Israelites cross?
- Dry ground
- Boats
- A bridge
- Who saved Israel that day?
- God (the Lord)
- Moses by himself
- Pharaoh
- What did the Israelites do after crossing?
- Complained
- Went back to Egypt
- Praised God with singing
Crossing the Red Sea Quiz Answers & Bible References
Every answer below, with the King James Bible verse it comes from — so you can look up each one for yourself.
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Who chased the Israelites to the sea?
Pharaoh and his army
But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
Exodus 14:9 (KJV) -
How did the people feel when they were trapped?
Afraid
And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
Exodus 14:10 (KJV) -
What did Moses tell them?
'The Lord shall fight for you'
The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Exodus 14:14 (KJV) -
What came between the Israelites and the Egyptians?
A pillar of cloud
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Exodus 14:19-20 (KJV) -
What did Moses stretch out over the sea?
His hand, with his staff
But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
Exodus 14:16 (KJV) -
What did God do to the sea?
Parted it so they crossed on dry ground
And 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 dry land, and the waters were divided.
Exodus 14:21 (KJV) -
What happened when the Egyptians followed?
The waters returned and covered them
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Exodus 14:28 (KJV) -
On what did the Israelites cross?
Dry ground
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Exodus 14:22 (KJV) -
Who saved Israel that day?
God (the Lord)
Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
Exodus 14:30 (KJV) -
What did the Israelites do after crossing?
Praised God with singing
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Exodus 15:1 (KJV)