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Chapter 14 |
| 1 | And the LORD
spake unto Moses, saying, |
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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. |
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4 | And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that
he shall follow after them; and I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all
his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did
so. |
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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?
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| 6 | And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: |
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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. |
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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. |
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13 | And Moses said unto the
people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he
will show 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. |
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15 | And the LORD said unto Moses,
Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go
forward: |
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| 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 honor
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his
horsemen. |
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| And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I
have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his
horsemen. |
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| 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: |
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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.
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| 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, |
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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.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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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.
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| 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. |
