There are many different allusions to YHWH’s use of water.
1. victory over chaotic water (cf. Gen. 1:2)
2. separation
(creation of water not specifically mentioned) of the waters in Genesis
a. above and below (Gen. 1:6-7)
b. salt from fresh (Gen. 1:9-10)
3. water as judgment
a. the Flood (i.e., Genesis 6-9)
b. blood (i.e., Exod. 7:17-20)
c. hail (i.e., Exod. 9:18,23)
d. no rain (in Deut. 11:17; 28:20-26; 1 Kgs. 8:35; 17:1; Jeremiah 14)
e. for women (Numbers 5)
4. water as covenant blessing (i.e., Deut. 11:14-15; 28:12)
5. water as a symbol of cleansing
a. priests (i.e., Exod. 29:4; 30:18-21; Num. 19:7
b. worshipers (i.e., Num. 19:8)
c. baptism (Eph. 5:26; Titus 3:5; 1 Pet. 3:21)
6. the splitting of the Red Sea (i.e., Exodus 14-15)
7. special provision of water
(i.e., the Exodus, Exodus 17; Numbers 20)
8. the conquest of Canaan, the splitting of the Jordan
(i.e., Joshua 3)
9. the splitting of the Jordan by Elijah
(i.e., 2 Kgs. 2:7-9) and by Elisha (i.e., 2 Kgs. 2:13-14)
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