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.
