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Crossing the Sea (continued)
14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
14:2 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.
14:3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They
are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
14:4 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.
14:5 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?
14:6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people
with him:
14:7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the
chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
14:8 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.
14:9 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.
14:10 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.
14:11 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?
14:12 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.
14:13 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.
14:14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your
peace.
14:15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou
unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go
forward:
14:16 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.
14:17 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.
14:18 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.
14:19 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:
14:20 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.
14:21 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.
14:22 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.
14:23 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.
14:24 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,
14:25 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.
14:26 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.
14:27 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.
14:28 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.
14:29 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.
14:30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand
of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the
sea shore.
14:31 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. |
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