| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
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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 honor 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 honor upon
Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. |
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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. |
