Exodus 14:1 - Prayer Tents

Crossing the Reed Sea

14The Lord said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H559

2"Tell the Israelites that they are to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it by the sea.H1696H1121H3478H7725H2583H6440H6367H4024H3220H6440H1189H5226H2583H3220

3Pharaoh will say about the Israelites, 'They're wandering aimlessly in the land, and the desert has closed in on them.'H6547H559H1121H3478H943H776H4057H5462

4I've made Pharaoh's heart stubborn so he will pursue them. And I'll receive honor by means of Pharaoh and his army, so that the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord." So this is what the Israelites did.H2388H6547H3820H7291H310H3513H6547H2428H4714H3045H3068H6213

5W hen the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the minds of Pharaoh and his officials changed toward the people, and they said, "What have we done in releasing Israel from serving us?"H5046H4428H4714H5971H1272H3824H6547H5650H2015H5971H559H6213H3478H7971H5647

6S o Pharaoh had his chariot prepared and took his troops with him.H631H7393H3947H5971

7He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers in charge of each one.H3947H8337H3967H977H7393H7393H4714H7991

8The Lord made the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt stubborn, and he defiantly pursued the Israelites as they were leaving.H3068H2388H3820H6547H4428H4714H7291H310H1121H3478H1121H3478H3318H7311H3027

9The Egyptians pursued them - all the chariot-horses of Pharaoh, along with his horsemen and army - and they overtook them camped by the sea, near Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal Zephon.H4714H7291H310H5483H7393H6547H6571H2428H5381H2583H3220H6367H6440H1189

10As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians bearing down on them! Extremely frightened, the Israelites cried out to the Lord.H6547H7126H1121H3478H5375H5869H4714H5265H310H3966H3372H1121H3478H6817H3068

11They also said to Moses, "Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you took us out to die in the desert - What have you done to us, by bringing us out of Egypt -H559H4872H6913H4714H3947H4191H4057H2063H6213H3318H4714

12Is this not what we told you in Egypt, when we said, 'Leave us alone!' and 'Let us serve the Egyptians?' Indeed, it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!"H1697H1696H4714H559H2308H5647H4714H2896H5647H4714H4191H4057

13Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid! Stand still and watch how the Lord will deliver you today, because you will never again see the Egyptians whom you're looking at today.H4872H559H5971H3372H3320H7200H3444H3068H6213H3117H4714H7200H3117H7200H3254H5704H5769

14The Lord will fight for you while you keep still."H3068H3898H2790

15Then the Lord said to Moses, "Why are you crying out to me - Tell the Israelites to move out!H3068H559H4872H6817H1696H1121H3478H5265

16You are to raise your staff, stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it, so the Israelites may go into the middle of the sea on dry land.H7311H4294H5186H3027H3220H1234H1121H3478H935H3004H8432H3220

17Even now I'm hardening the heart of the Egyptians so they'll go after the Israelites. Then I'll receive honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots and his horsemen.H2388H3820H4714H935H310H3513H6547H2428H7393H6571

18Then the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I receive honor by means of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen."17H4714H3045H3068H3513H6547H7393H6571

19Then the angel of God, who was going in front of the camp of Israel, moved behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front of them and stood behind them,H4397H430H1980H6440H4264H3478H5265H3212H310H5982H6051H5265H6440H5975H310

20coming between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. The cloud remained there even in the darkness, illuminating the night, but the one side did not come near the other all night.19H935H4264H4714H4264H3478H6051H2822H215H3915H7126H2088H3915

21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord caused the water to retreat by a strong east wind all night, turning the sea into dry land. As the waters were divided,H4872H5186H3027H3220H3068H3220H3212H5794H6921H7307H3915H7760H3220H2724H4325H1234

22the Israelites went into the middle of the sea on dry land, and the waters formed a wall for them on their right and on their left.H1121H3478H935H8432H3220H3004H4325H2346H3225H8040

23The Egyptians pursued - all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen - and they went into the middle of the sea after them.H4714H7291H935H310H8432H3220H6547H5483H7393H6571

24In the morning watch, the Lord looked down on the Egyptian camp through the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw the Egyptian camp into confusion.H1242H821H3068H8259H4264H4714H5982H784H6051H2000H4264H4714

25He made the wheels of their chariots wobble so that they drove them with difficulty. The Egyptians said, "Let's flee from Israel because the Lord is fighting for them and against us."H5493H4818H212H5090H3517H4714H559H5127H6440H3478H3068H3898H4714

The Egyptians Drown in the Sea

26Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea and the waters will come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots, and over their horsemen."H3068H559H4872H5186H3027H3220H4325H7725H4714H7393H6571

27Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the water returned to its normal depth at daybreak. The Egyptians tried to retreat in front of the advancing water, but the Lord destroyed the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.H4872H5186H3027H3220H3220H7725H386H1242H6437H4714H5127H7125H3068H5287H4714H8432H3220

28The waters returned, covering the chariots and the horsemen of Pharaoh's entire army that had pursued the Israelites into the sea. Not a single one of them remained.H4325H7725H3680H7393H6571H2428H6547H935H3220H310H7604H5704H259

29But the Israelites walked through the middle of the sea on dry land, and the waters stood like a wall for them on their right and on their left.14H1121H3478H1980H3004H8432H3220H4325H2346H3225H8040

30On that day the Lord delivered Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead along the seashore.H3068H3467H3478H3117H3027H4714H3478H7200H4714H4191H3220H8193

31When Israel saw the great force by which the Lord had acted against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord, and they believed the Lord and Moses his servant.H3478H7200H1419H3027H3068H6213H4714H5971H3372H3068H539H3068H5650H4872