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1 The
LORD spoke to
Moses, saying,
2 “Speak
to the children
of Israel, that
they turn back
and encamp
before Pihahiroth, between
Migdol and the
sea, before Baal Zephon.
You shall encamp
opposite it by
the sea.
3 Pharaoh
will say of
the children of
Israel, ‘They
are entangled in
the land. The
wilderness has
shut them in.’
4 I
will harden
Pharaoh’s heart,
and he will
follow after them;
and I will
get honor over
Pharaoh, and over
all his armies;
and the Egyptians
shall know that
I am the
LORD.” They did
so.
5 The
king of Egypt
was told that
the people had
fled; and the
heart of Pharaoh
and of his
servants was
changed toward the
people, and
they said, “What
is this we
have done, that
we have let
Israel go from
serving us?”
6 He prepared
his chariot, and
took his army
with him;
7 and
he took six
hundred chosen
chariots, and all
the chariots of
Egypt, with
captains over all
of them.
8 The
LORD hardened the
heart of Pharaoh
king of Egypt,
and he pursued
the children of
Israel; for the
children of Israel
went out with
a high hand.
9 The
Egyptians pursued
them. All the
horses and
chariots of
Pharaoh, his
horsemen, and his
army overtook them
encamping by the
sea, beside Pihahiroth,
before Baal Zephon.
10 When
Pharaoh came near,
the children of
Israel lifted up
their eyes, and
behold, the
Egyptians were
marching after
them; and they
were very afraid.
The children of
Israel cried out
to the LORD.
11 They
said to Moses, “Because
there were no
graves in Egypt,
have you taken
us away to
die in the
wilderness? Why
have you treated
us this way,
to bring us
out of Egypt?
12 Isn’t this
the word that
we spoke to
you in Egypt,
saying, ‘Leave us
alone, that we
may serve the
Egyptians’? For it
would have been
better for us
to serve the
Egyptians than to
die in the
wilderness.”
13 Moses said
to the people,
“Don’t be afraid.
Stand still, and
see the salvation
of the LORD,
which he will
work for you
today; for you
will never again
see the Egyptians
whom you have
seen today.
14 The
LORD will fight
for you, and
you shall be
still.”
15 The
LORD said to
Moses, “Why do
you cry to
me? Speak to
the children of
Israel, that they
go forward.
16 Lift
up your rod,
and stretch out
your hand over
the sea and
divide it. Then
the children of
Israel shall go
into the middle
of the sea
on dry ground.
17 Behold,
I myself will
harden the hearts
of the Egyptians,
and they will go
in after them. I
will get myself
honor over Pharaoh,
and over all
his armies, over
his chariots, and
over his horsemen.
18 The
Egyptians shall
know that I
am the LORD
when I have gotten
myself honor over
Pharaoh, over his
chariots, and over
his horsemen.”
19 The
angel of God, who
went before the
camp of Israel,
moved and went
behind them; and
the pillar of
cloud moved from
before them, and
stood behind them.
20 It
came between the
camp of Egypt
and the camp
of Israel. There
was the cloud
and the darkness,
yet it gave light
by night.
One didn’t come
near the other
all night.
21 Moses
stretched out his
hand over the
sea, and the
LORD caused the
sea to go
back by a
strong east wind
all night, and
made the sea
dry land, and
the waters were
divided.
22 The
children of Israel
went into the
middle of the
sea on the
dry ground; and
the waters were
a wall to
them on their
right hand and
on their left.
23 The
Egyptians pursued,
and went in
after them into
the middle of
the sea: all
of Pharaoh’s
horses, his
chariots, and his
horsemen.
24 In
the morning watch,
the LORD looked
out on the
Egyptian army through
the pillar of fire
and of cloud,
and confused the
Egyptian army.
25 He
took off their
chariot wheels, and
they drove them
heavily; so that
the Egyptians said, “Let’s
flee from the
face of Israel,
for the LORD
fights for them
against the
Egyptians!”
26 The
LORD said to Moses,
“Stretch out your
hand over the
sea, that the
waters may come
again on the
Egyptians, on
their chariots,
and on their
horsemen.”
27 Moses
stretched out his
hand over the
sea, and the
sea returned to
its strength when
the morning
appeared; and the
Egyptians fled
against it. The
LORD overthrew the
Egyptians in the
middle of the
sea.
28 The
waters returned,
and covered the
chariots and the
horsemen, even all
Pharaoh’s army
that went in
after them into
the sea. There
remained not so
much as one
of them.
29 But
the children of
Israel walked on
dry land in
the middle of
the sea, and
the waters were
a wall to
them on their
right hand and
on their left.
30 Thus
the LORD saved
Israel that day
out of the
hand of the
Egyptians; and
Israel saw the
Egyptians dead on
the seashore.
31 Israel
saw the great
work which the
LORD did to
the Egyptians, and
the people feared
the LORD; and
they believed in
the LORD and
in his servant
Moses.