In a way, He did remove the sea, otherwise the floor would just be mud and people would not have been able to cross to the other side. In Exodus 14, verses 16 & 21, it says that the ground was dry.
16 Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground.
21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
In a way, He did remove the sea, otherwise the floor would just be mud and people would not have been able to cross to the other side.
In Exodus 14, verses 16 & 21, it says that the ground was dry.
*16 Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground.*
*21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.*
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