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- ↑ "Chapter 2. The Exodus Story Outside the Book of Exodus", The Book of Exodus, Princeton University Press, pp. 31–60, 2019-12-31, retrieved 2024-03-31
- ↑ Book of Samuel 2, chapter 22, verses 1-91
- ↑ The Connection between David's Song and the Splitting of the Red Sea, by Rabbi Yair Weitz, on the website of Yeshivat Har Bracha
- ↑ "Chapter 15", Notes on the Greek Text of Deuteronomy, SBL Press, pp. 254–265, 2019-04-04, retrieved 2024-03-31
- ↑ Machzor Shadal, part I, page Kakhah AA.
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