Rabbi Jeremiah ben Eleazar taught that after Moses called upon the heavens to "give ear" in , the heavens silenced according to God's decree. Rabbi Joḥanan taught that God made a stipulation with the sea that it should divide before the Israelites in ; thus says, "And the sea returned (, "le-etano")", that is, in accordance with its agreement (, "li-tenao"). Rabbi Jeremiah ben Eleazar taught that God made such a stipulation with everything that was created in the six days of creation, as says, "I, even My hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded." God thus commanded the sea to divide in , the heavens to be silent before Moses in , the sun and the moon to stand still before Joshua in , the ravens to feed Elijah in 1 Kings , the fire to do no harm to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah in , the lions not to harm Daniel in , the heavens to open before Ezekiel in ; and the fish to vomit forth Jonah in .