“1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of
Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and
the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They [are] entangled
in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 4 And I will harden
Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I
[am] the LORD. And they did so. 5 And it was told the king of Egypt that
the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned
against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have
let Israel go from serving us? 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took
his people with him: 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all
the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. 8 And the
LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after
the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high
hand. 9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses [and]
chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them
encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.”
“10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their
eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore
afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. 11 And they
said unto Moses, Because [there were] no graves in Egypt, hast thou
taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus
with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 12 [Is] not this the word that
we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the
Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than
that we should die in the wilderness. 13 And Moses said unto the people,
Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he
will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye
shall see them again no more for ever. 14 The LORD shall fight for you,
and ye shall hold your peace.”
“15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak
unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: 16 But lift thou up
thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the
children of Israel shall go on dry [ground] through the midst of the
sea. 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and
they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon
all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18 And the
Egyptians shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have gotten me honour
upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 19 And the angel
of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind
them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood
behind them: 20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the
camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness [to them], but it gave
light by night [to these]: so that the one came not near the other all
the night.”
“21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused
the sea to go [back] by a strong east wind all that night, and made the
sea dry [land], and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of
Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry [ground]: and the
waters [were] a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the
sea, [even] all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And
it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host
of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and
troubled the host of the Egyptians, 25 And took off their chariot
wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us
flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the
Egyptians. 26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over
the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their
chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand
over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning
appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the
Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 And the waters returned, and
covered the chariots, and the horsemen, [and] all the host of Pharaoh
that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of
them. 29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry [land] in the midst
of the sea; and the waters [were] a wall unto 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 upon the sea
shore. 31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the
Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and
his servant Moses.” (Ex 14:1-31 AV)
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