Exodus Chapter 14

Exodus Chapter 14
1 Then the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
2 Speak to the children of Israel, that
they return and camp before Pi-hahiroth,
between Migdol and the sea, over
against Baal-zephon: about it shall ye
camp by the sea.
3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of
Israel, They are tangled in the land: the
wilderness hath shut them in.
4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart that
he shall follow after you: so I will get
me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his
host: the Egyptians also shall know that I
am the Lord: and they did so.
5 Then 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
this done, and have let Israel go out of
our service?
6 And he made ready his chariots, and
took his people with him, 7 And took six
hundred chosen chariots, and all the
chariots of Egypt, and captains over
every one of them.
8 (For the Lord had hardened the heart
of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he
followed after the children of Israel: but
the children of Israel went out with an
high hand)
9 And the Egyptians pursued after them,
and all the horses and chariots of
Pharaoh, and his horsemen and his host
overtook them camping by the sea,
beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the
children of Israel lift up their eyes, and
behold, the Egyptians marched after
them, and they were sore afraid:
wherefore the children of Israel cried
unto the Lord.
11 And they said unto Moses, Hast thou
brought us to die in the wilderness,
because there were no graves in Egypt?
Wherefore hast thou served us thus, to
carry us out of Egypt?
12 Did not we tell thee this thing in
Egypt, saying, Let us be in rest, 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 Then Moses said to the people, Fear
ye not, stand still, and behold the
salvation of the Lord which he will
show to you this day. For the Egyptians,
whom ye have seen this day, ye shall
never see them again.
14 The Lord shall fight for you:
therefore hold you your peace. 15 And
the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore
cryest thou unto me? Speak unto the
children of Israel that they go forward:
16 And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch
out thine hand upon the sea and divide it,
and let the children of Israel go on dry
ground thorough the midst of the sea.
17 And I, behold I will harden the heart
of the Egyptians, that they may follow
them, and I will get me honor upon
Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his
chariots, and upon his horsemen.
18 Then the Egyptians shall know that I
am the Lord, when I have gotten me
honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots,
and upon his horsemen.
19 (And the Angel of God, which went
before the host of Israel, removed and
went behind them: also the pillar of the
cloud went from before them, and stood
behind them,
20 And came between the camp of the
Egyptians and the camp of Israel: it was
both a cloud and darkness, yet gave it
light by night, so that all the night long
the one came not at the other)
21 And Moses stretched forth his hand
upon the sea, and the Lord caused the
sea to run back by a strong east wind all
the night, and made the sea dry land: for
the waters were divided.
22 Then the children of Israel went
through 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
hand.
23 And the Egyptians pursued and went
after them to the midst of the sea, even
all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and
his horsemen. 24 Now in the morning
watch, when the Lord looked unto the
host of the Egyptians, out of the fiery and
cloudy pillar, he stroke the host of the
Egyptians with fear.
25 For he took off their chariot wheels,
and they drove them with much ado: so
that the Egyptians every one said, I will
flee from the face of Israel: for the Lord
fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
26 Then the Lord said to Moses, Stretch
thine hand upon the sea, that the waters
may return upon the Egyptians, upon
their chariots and upon their horsemen.
27 Then Moses stretched forth his hand
upon the sea, and the sea returned to his
force early in the morning, and the
Egyptians fled against it: but the Lord
overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of
the sea.
28 So the water returned and covered
the chariots and the horsemen , even all
the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea
after them: there remained not one of
them.
29 But the children of Israel walked
upon dry land thorough 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 the same
day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and
Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the
sea bank.
31 And Israel saw the mighty power,
which the Lord showed upon the
Egyptians: so the people feared the
Lord, and believed the Lord, and his
servant Moses.