Exodus 14:10 - Prayer Tents

The Story and Song of Salvation

14GOD spoke to Moses:H3068H1696H4872H559

2"Tell the Israelites to turn around and make camp at Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. Camp on the shore of the sea opposite Baal Zephon.H1696H1121H3478H7725H2583H6440H6367H4024H3220H6440H1189H5226H2583H3220

3"Pharaoh will think, 'The Israelites are lost; they're confused. The wilderness has closed in on them.'H6547H559H1121H3478H943H776H4057H5462

4Then I'll make Pharaoh's heart stubborn again and he'll chase after them. And I'll use Pharaoh and his army to put my Glory on display. Then the Egyptians will realize that I am GOD." And that's what happened.H2388H6547H3820H7291H310H3513H6547H2428H4714H3045H3068H6213

5When the king of Egypt was told that the people were gone, he and his servants changed their minds. They said, "What have we done, letting Israel, our slave labor, go free?"H5046H4428H4714H5971H1272H3824H6547H5650H2015H5971H559H6213H3478H7971H5647

6So he had his chariots harnessed up and got his army together.H631H7393H3947H5971

7He took six hundred of his best chariots, with the rest of the Egyptian chariots and their drivers coming along.H3947H8337H3967H977H7393H7393H4714H7991

8GOD made Pharaoh king of Egypt stubborn, determined to chase the Israelites as they walked out on him without even looking back.H3068H2388H3820H6547H4428H4714H7291H310H1121H3478H1121H3478H3318H7311H3027

9The Egyptians gave chase and caught up with them where they had made camp by the sea—all Pharaoh's horse-drawn chariots and their riders, all his foot soldiers there at Pi Hahiroth opposite Baal Zephon.H4714H7291H310H5483H7393H6547H6571H2428H5381H2583H3220H6367H6440H1189

10As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw them—Egyptians! Coming at them! They were totally afraid. They cried out in terror to GOD.H6547H7126H1121H3478H5375H5869H4714H5265H310H3966H3372H1121H3478H6817H3068

11They told Moses, "Weren't the cemeteries large enough in Egypt so that you had to take us out here in the wilderness to die? What have you done to us, taking us out of Egypt?H559H4872H6913H4714H3947H4191H4057H2063H6213H3318H4714

12Back in Egypt didn't we tell you this would happen? Didn't we tell you, 'Leave us alone here in Egypt—we're better off as slaves in Egypt than as corpses in the wilderness.'"H1697H1696H4714H559H2308H5647H4714H2896H5647H4714H4191H4057

13Moses spoke to the people: "Don't be afraid. Stand firm and watch GOD do his work of salvation for you today. Take a good look at the Egyptians today for you're never going to see them again.H4872H559H5971H3372H3320H7200H3444H3068H6213H3117H4714H7200H3117H7200H3254H5704H5769

14GOD will fight the battle for you. And you? You keep your mouths shut!"H3068H3898H2790

15GOD said to Moses: "Why cry out to me? Speak to the Israelites. Order them to get moving.H3068H559H4872H6817H1696H1121H3478H5265

16Hold your staff high and stretch your hand out over the sea: Split the sea! The Israelites will walk through the sea on dry ground.H7311H4294H5186H3027H3220H1234H1121H3478H935H3004H8432H3220

17"Meanwhile I'll make sure the Egyptians keep up their stubborn chase—I'll use Pharaoh and his entire army, his chariots and horsemen,H2388H3820H4714H935H310H3513H6547H2428H7393H6571

18to put my Glory on display so that the Egyptians will realize that I am GOD."H4714H3045H3068H3513H6547H7393H6571

19The angel of God that had been leading the camp of Israel now shifted and got behind them. And the Pillar of Cloud that had been in front also shifted to the rear.H4397H430H1980H6440H4264H3478H5265H3212H310H5982H6051H5265H6440H5975H310

20The Cloud was now between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. The Cloud enshrouded one camp in darkness and flooded the other with light. The two camps didn't come near each other all night.H935H4264H4714H4264H3478H6051H2822H215H3915H7126H2088H3915

21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea and GOD, with a terrific east wind all night long, made the sea go back. He made the sea dry ground. The seawaters split.H4872H5186H3027H3220H3068H3220H3212H5794H6921H7307H3915H7760H3220H2724H4325H1234

22The Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground with the waters a wall to the right and to the left.H1121H3478H935H8432H3220H3004H4325H2346H3225H8040

23The Egyptians came after them in full pursuit, every horse and chariot and driver of Pharaoh racing into the middle of the sea.H4714H7291H935H310H8432H3220H6547H5483H7393H6571

24It was now the morning watch. GOD looked down from the Pillar of Fire and Cloud on the Egyptian army and threw them into a panic.H1242H821H3068H8259H4264H4714H5982H784H6051H2000H4264H4714

25He clogged the wheels of their chariots; they were stuck in the mud. The Egyptians said, "Run from Israel! GOD is fighting on their side and against Egypt!"H5493H4818H212H5090H3517H4714H559H5127H6440H3478H3068H3898H4714

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

27Moses stretched his hand out over the sea: As the day broke and the Egyptians were running, the sea returned to its place as before. GOD dumped the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.H4872H5186H3027H3220H3220H7725H386H1242H6437H4714H5127H7125H3068H5287H4714H8432H3220

28The waters returned, drowning the chariots and riders of Pharaoh's army that had chased after Israel into the sea. Not one of them survived.H4325H7725H3680H7393H6571H2428H6547H935H3220H310H7604H5704H259

29But the Israelites walked right through the middle of the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall to the right and to the left.H1121H3478H1980H3004H8432H3220H4325H2346H3225H8040

30GOD delivered Israel that day from the oppression of the Egyptians. And Israel looked at the Egyptian dead, washed up on the shore of the sea,H3068H3467H3478H3117H3027H4714H3478H7200H4714H4191H3220H8193

31and realized the tremendous power that GOD brought against the Egyptians. The people were in reverent awe before GOD and trusted in GOD and his servant Moses.H3478H7200H1419H3027H3068H6213H4714H5971H3372H3068H539H3068H5650H4872