| 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children
of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol
and the sea, before Baal-zephon: over against it shall ye encamp by the sea.
3 And 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, and he shall follow after them; and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh,
and upon all his host: and the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah. And
they did so. 5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were
fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the
people, and they said, What is this we have done, 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 all of them. 8 And Jehovah hardened the heart of
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: for the
children of Israel went out with a high hand. 9 And 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 Baal-zephon.
10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their
eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were sore
afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah. 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
bring us forth out of Egypt? 12 Is not this the word that we spake unto
thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it
were 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 Jehovah, which he will work for you to-day: for the
Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14 Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
15 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto
the children of Israel, that they go forward. 16 And lift thou up thy rod,
and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of
Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground. 17 And I, behold,
I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them:
and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his
chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am
Jehovah, when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and
upon his horsemen. 19 And the angel of God, who went before the camp of
Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from
before them, and stood behind them: 20 and it came between the camp of
Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet
gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other all the night.
21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the
sea to go back by a strong east wind all the 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 into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's
horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass in the
morning watch, that Jehovah looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians
through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the host of the
Egyptians. 25 And he took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them
heavily; so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for
Jehovah fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
26 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy 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 its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians
fled against it; and Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen,
even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; 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 Jehovah 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 the great work which Jehovah did upon the
Egyptians, and the people feared Jehovah: and they believed in Jehovah, and
in his servant Moses.
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