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And the
Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
02 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.
03 For Pharaoh will say of the children of
Israel, They are entangled in the land, the
wilderness hath shut them in.
04 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.
05 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?
06 And he made ready his chariot, and took
his people with him:
07 And he took six hundred chosen chariots,
and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over
every one of them.
08 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.
09 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.
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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.
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