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1 And YAHUAH spake unto Mosheh, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Yisrael, 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 Yisrael, 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] YAHUAH. 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 Yisrael 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 YAHUAH hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after
the children of Yisrael: and the children of Yisrael 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 Yisrael lifted up their eyes,
and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and
the children of Yisrael cried out unto YAHUAH.
11 And they said unto Mosheh, 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 Mosheh said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the
salvation of YAHUAH, 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 YAHUAH shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
15 And YAHUAH said unto Mosheh, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the
children of Yisrael, 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 Yisrael 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] YAHUAH, when I have gotten me honour
upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
19 And the angel of YAHUAH, which went before the camp of Yisrael, 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 Yisrael; 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 Mosheh stretched out his hand over the sea; and YAHUAH 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 Yisrael 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 YAHUAH 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 Yisrael; for YAHUAH fighteth for
them against the Egyptians.
26 And YAHUAH said unto Mosheh, 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 Mosheh 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
YAHUAH 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 Yisrael 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 YAHUAH saved Yisrael that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and
Yisrael saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
31 And Yisrael saw that great work which YAHUAH did upon the Egyptians: and the
people feared YAHUAH, and believed YAHUAH, and his servant Mosheh.