To establish context, we will quote verses 1-4, "Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ."
In the quote, the term "baptized" is used to describe the common belief that existed among the followers of Moses, and has nothing to do with being immersed, or bathed, in water. They were all bound "baptized" (immersed within, or bound to) the leadership of Moses by a common belief in God as Moses divinely led them out of Egyptian captivity. This contention is made evident by what is stated in verses 2-4, "And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ."
Even then, the true deliverer was Jesus Christ, just as He is today. Moses led by, and through, his faith in God and the Hebrew people followed him because they held that same belief.~
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