(7) Legend says that at the passage of the Red Sea the ten miracles wrought were as follows: (1) the waters divided; (2) the waters were like a tent, or a vault; (3) the sea-bed was dry and hard; (4) but when the Egyptians trod upon it, it became muddy and slimy; (5) the sea was divided into twelve parts, one for each tribe; (6) the waters became as hard as stone; (7) the congealed waters appeared like blocks of building-stone; (8) the water was transparent so that the tribes could see one another; (9) fresh drinking water flowed from the congealed water; (10) after Israel had partaken of the drinking water, it became congealed, and did not wet the ground under foot. See Ginzberg, _Legends of the Jews_, III, p. 21 _et seq._ (8) This verse is not found in the Talmudic versions of _Abot_. The plagues at the sea are alluded to in the "Song of Moses," Ex. XV. See the commentary of Bartenora. (9) Num. XIV, 22. The ten are enumerated by Maimonides, Bartenora, Hoffmann, and others. (10) The fly is a symbol of impurity. (11) The altar stood in the midst of the roofless Temple-hall. (12) The straight column of smoke denoted the acceptance of prayer and sacrifice. (13) See Lev. XXIII, 15-17. (14) Every Sabbath, twelve loaves of bread were placed on a table in the Sanctuary "before the Lord" (Lev. XXIV, 5-9) to serve as a constant reminder to the twelve tribes that their place was before the altar of God. (15) Isa. XLIX, 20. (16) Since all things were said to have been created during the first six days of creation, and since "there is nothing new under the sun" (Eccles. I, 9), everything miraculous or supernatural that existed or occurred after creation was explained by the Rabbis as having been made or preordained in the twilight at the moment of transition between the end of the work of creation and the beginning of the Sabbath. See Gorfinkle, _ibid._, pp. 90-91 and n. 1. (17) To swallow Korah and his followers. See Num. XVI, 30. (18) Which supplied the Israelites with water during their wandering in the wilderness. See Num. XXI, 16, and _Shabbat_, 35a. (19) Balaam's ass. See Num. XXII, 28. (20) Ge. IX, 19. (21) Ex. XV, 16. (22) Of Moses. See _ibid._, IV, 17. (23) A miraculous worm that split stones by its look. It was used, according to legend, to engrave the names of the tribes on the jewels of the ephod of the high-priest, and was also employed by Solomon in the construction of the Temple, in which no tools of iron were used. See _Gittin_, 68a, and _Sotah_, 48b. Consult P. Cassel, _Shamir, ein archaol. Beitrag zur Natur und Sagenkunde_, Erfurt, 1856, and art. _Shamir_, in _Jewish Encyclopedia_.