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Chapter 14 |
1 | And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
2 | Speak unto the
children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between
Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp
by the sea. |
3
| For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are
entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. |
4 | And I
will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will
be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may
know that I am the LORD. And they did so. |
5 |
And 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 done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? |
6 |
And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: |
7 |
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and
captains over every one of them. |
8 | And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh
king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the
children of Israel went out with an high hand. |
9 |
But 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
Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon. |
10 | And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children
of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after
them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out
unto the LORD. |
11 | And 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 carry us forth out of Egypt? |
12 | Is not
this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, 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 |
And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the
salvation of the LORD, which he will show to you to day: for the
Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for
ever. |
14 | The LORD shall
fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. |
15 |
And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto
the children of Israel, that they go forward: |
16 | But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out
thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall
go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. |
17 | And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of
the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honor upon
Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his
horsemen. |
18 | And 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 camp of Israel, removed and went
behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face,
and stood behind them: |
20 | And it
came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it
was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these:
so that the one came not near the other all the night. |
21 |
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea
to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land,
and the waters were divided. |
22 |
And 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. |
23 |
And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the
sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. |
24 | And it came to pass, that in the morning
watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar
of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, |
25 | And took off their chariot wheels, that
they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from
the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the
Egyptians. |
26
| And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the
sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their
chariots, and upon their horsemen. |
27 |
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his
strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the
LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. |
28 |
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and
all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there
remained not so much as one of them. |
29 |
But 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. |
30
| Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the
Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. |
31 |
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. |