8203. 'And made the sea into dry ground' means the dispersing of falsity. This is clear from the meaning of 'the sea' as falsity, as just above in 8201; and from the meaning of 'making into dry ground' as dispersing it. 'Passing through on dry ground', said in connection with the waters of the sea when they had been removed, means doing so in safety and without falsity flowing in, see above in 8185.

8201. 'And Jehovah caused the sea to go away by a strong east wind' means the agent through which falsity was dispersed. This is clear from the meaning of 'causing to go away' as dispersing; from the meaning of 'the sea' as falsity, 'the sea' here meaning its waters, which are falsities, see 8137, 8138; and from the meaning of 'an east wind' as the agent of destruction, dealt with in 7679, here of the destruction of falsity, thus of the dispersing of it.