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From: flinn@seismo.UUCP (E. A. Flinn)
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Subject: Children of Israel at the Red Sea
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Date: Sun, 1-Jan-84 21:21:07 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan  1 21:21:07 1984
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	Moses and the Children of Israel, fleeing from the hosts of
the Pharoah, arrive at the shore of the Red Sea and find no obvious
way to get across and escape from the hosts of the Pharoah, who are
close behind them.  Moses goes up to the mountain to commune with the
Lord, and when he comes back down he announces that he has some good
news and some bad news about their predicament.

	"The good news is that the Lord has authorized me to take my
staff and go like this (makes sweeping gesture), and the waters of the
Red Sea will part, and we can go across on the dry bottom, and when we
get to the other side I will take my staff and go like that (makes
sweeping gesture in opposite direction) and the waters of the Red Sea
will clash back together, drowning the hosts of the Pharoah who are
close behind us, and we will be safe in the Promised Land."

	Jubilation ensues; finally somebody thinks to ask what the bad
news could possibly be.  "The bad news," Moses replied, "is that we're
going to have to file an Environmental Impact Statement..."