And all the host] RV 'even all the host.' It is not said that Pharaoh himself perished. The supposed discovery in modern times of the mummy of Merenptah is no argument against his being the Pharaoh of the exodus or against the truth of this narrative. Even though, he did lead his host in person into the middle of the sea and perished with the others his body might afterwards have been recovered and preserved: see on Exodus 1:8.

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