Parting of The Red Sea
"The Exodus"
And
the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Speak to the sons of Israel that they turn and camp before Pihahiroth,
between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon. You shall camp
before it , by the sea.
For
Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, They are tangled in the land;
the wilderness has shut them in.
And
I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he will follow them. And I will be
honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his army, so that the Egyptians may
know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
And
the king of Egypt was told 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?
And
he made his chariot ready, and took his people with him.
And
he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and
captains over every one of them.
And
the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he pursued
the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel went out with a high hand.
But
the Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and
his horsemen, and his army. And they overtook them camping by the sea,
beside Pihahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
And
Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel lifted up their eyes. And,
behold, the Egyptians marched after them. And they were very afraid.
And the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD.
And
they said to Moses, Have you taken us away to die in the wilderness
because there were no graves in Egypt? Why have you dealt this way with
us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
Did
we not tell you this word in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, so that we
may serve the Egyptians? For it would have been better for us to serve
the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
And
Moses said to the people, Do not fear. Stand still and see the
salvation of the LORD, which He will prepare for you this day. For the
Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them anymore.
The
LORD shall fight for you, and you shall be silent.
And
the LORD said to Moses, Why do you cry to Me? Speak to the sons of
Israel, that they go forward.
But
lift up your rod and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it.
And the sons of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the
sea.
And
behold! I am about to harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they
shall follow them. And I will get honor for Me upon Pharaoh, and upon
all his army, upon his chariots and upon his horsemen.
And
the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD when I have gotten honor
for Me upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
And
the Angel of God, the one who went before the camp of Israel, moved.
And he went to the rear of them. And the pillar of the cloud went from
in front of their face and it stood behind them.
And
it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. And
it was a cloudy and dark night, but it gave light to the night, so that
the one did not come near the other all night.
And
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. And the LORD caused the sea
to recede by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry
land, and the waters were divided.
And
the sons of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground.
And the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their
left.
And the Egyptians pursued and went
after them to the middle of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his
chariots, and his horsemen.
And in
the morning watch it happened that the LORD looked to the army of the
Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the
army of the Egyptians.
And He
took off their chariot wheels, and made them go heavily, so that the
Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the LORD
fights for them against the Egyptians.
And the
LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the
waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon
their horsemen.
And Moses
stretched forth his hand over the sea. And the sea returned to its
strength when the morning appeared. And the Egyptians fled against it.
And the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.
And the
waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, all the army
of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. There did not remain so
much as one of them.
But the sons of Israel walked upon dry land in the
middle of the sea. And the waters were a wall to them on their right
hand and on their left.
So the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand
of the Egyptians. And Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the seashore.
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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