14:1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
14:2 “Tell the sons of Israel to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea.
14:3 For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’
14:4 And I will ①harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” And they did so.
▷ ①Lit make strong
14:5 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, ①Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, “What is this that we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”
▷ ①Lit the heart of Pharaoh...was changed
14:6 So he had horses harnessed to his chariot and took his people with him;
14:7 and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.
14:8 So the LORD ①hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he chased after the sons of Israel as the sons of Israel were going out ②boldly.
▷ ①Lit made strong ②Lit with a high hand
14:9 Then the Egyptians chased after them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.
14:10 As Pharaoh approached, the sons of Israel ①looked, and behold, the Egyptians were coming after them, and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD.
▷ ①Lit lifted up their eyes
14:11 Then they said to Moses, “Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt with us in this way, ①bringing us out of Egypt?
▷ ①Lit so as to bring
14:12 Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘ ①Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness!”
▷ ①Lit Cease from us
14:13 But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! ①Stand by and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will perform for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again, ever.
▷ ①Or Take your stand
14:14 The LORD will fight for you, while you keep silent.”
14:15 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward.
14:16 As for you, lift up your staff and reach out with your hand over the sea and divide it, and the sons of Israel shall ①go through the midst of the sea on dry land.
▷ ①Lit enter the
14:17 And as for Me, behold, I will ①harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.
▷ ①Lit make strong
14:18 Then the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I am honored through Pharaoh, through his chariots, and through his horsemen.”
14:19 Then the angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.
14:20 So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud ①along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Therefore the one did not approach the other all night.
▷ ①Lit and the darkness
14:21 Then Moses reached out with his hand over the sea; and the LORD ①swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and turned the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.
▷ ①Lit caused to go
14:22 So the sons of Israel ①went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right and on their left.
▷ ①Lit entered the
14:23 Then the Egyptians took up the pursuit, and all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen went in after them into the midst of the sea.
14:24 But at the morning watch, the LORD looked down on the ①army of the Egyptians ②through the pillar of fire and cloud, and brought the ③army of the Egyptians into confusion.
▷ ①Lit camp ②Or in ③Lit camp
14:25 He ①caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians each said, “Let me flee from Israel, for the LORD is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”
▷ ①Or removed
14:26 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Reach out with your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their horsemen.”
14:27 So Moses reached out with his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing ①right into it; then the LORD ②overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
▷ ①Lit to meet it ②Lit shook off
14:28 The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, Pharaoh’s entire army that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of them remained.
14:29 But the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right and on their left.
14:30 So the LORD saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
14:31 When Israel saw the great ①power which the LORD had ②used against the Egyptians, the people ③feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in His servant Moses.
▷ ①Lit hand ②Lit done ③Or revered