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Exodus

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, say­ing, 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 hon­oured 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. 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 shew 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. 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 hon­our 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 hon­our upon Pharaoh, upon his char­i­ots, and upon his horse­men. 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.