1And Jehovah spake unto Moses , saying , 2Speak unto the children of Israel , that they turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth , between Migdol and the sea , before Baal-zephon : over against it shall ye encamp by the sea . 3And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel , They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in . 4And I will harden Pharaoh ’s heart , and he shall follow after them ; and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh , and upon all his host : and the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah . And they did so . 5And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled : and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people , and they said, What is this we have done , that we have let Israel go from serving us ? 6And he made ready his chariot , and took his people with him : 7and he took six hundred chosen chariots , and all the chariots of Egypt , and captains over all of them . 8And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt , and he pursued after the children of Israel : for the children of Israel went out with a high hand . 9And 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 Pi-hahiroth , before Baal-zephon . 10And when Pharaoh drew nigh , the children of Israel lifted up their eyes , and , behold , the Egyptians were marching after them ; and they were sore afraid : and the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah . 11And 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 bring us forth out of Egypt ? 12Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt , saying , Let us alone , that we may serve the Egyptians ? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians , than that we should die in the wilderness .
God's Assurance and the Parting of the Red Sea
13And Moses said unto the people , Fear ye not , stand still , and see the salvation of Jehovah , which he will work for you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever . 14Jehovah will fight for you , and ye shall hold your peace . 15And Jehovah said unto Moses , Wherefore criest thou unto me ? speak unto the children of Israel , that they go forward . 16And lift thou up thy rod , and stretch out thy hand over the sea , and divide it : and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground . 17And I , behold , I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians , and they shall go in after them : and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh , and upon all his host , upon his chariots , and upon his horsemen . 18And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah , when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh , upon his chariots , and upon his horsemen . 19And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel , removed and went behind them ; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them , and stood behind them : 20and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel ; and there was the cloud and the darkness , yet gave it light by night : and the one came not near the other all the night . 21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea ; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night , and made the sea dry land , and the waters were divided . 22And 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 .
The Pursuit and Destruction of the Egyptian Army
23And the Egyptians pursued , and went in after them into the midst of the sea , all Pharaoh ’s horses , his chariots , and his horsemen . 24And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud , and discomfited the host of the Egyptians . 25And he took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily ; so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel ; for Jehovah fighteth for them against the Egyptians . 26And Jehovah said unto Moses , Stretch out thy hand over the sea , that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians , upon their chariots , and upon their horsemen . 27And 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 Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea . 28And the waters returned , and covered the chariots , and the horsemen , even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea ; there remained not so much as one of them . 29But 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 . 30Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians ; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore. 31And Israel saw the great work which Jehovah did upon the Egyptians , and the people feared Jehovah : and they believed in Jehovah , and in his servant Moses .