THE EGYPTIAN PURSUIT

5 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about the people and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.” 6 So he got his chariot ready and took his troopsC with him; 7 he took six hundred of the best chariots and all the rest of the chariots of Egypt, with officers in each one. 8 The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, who were going out defiantly.D,n 9 The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, his horsemen,E and his army—chasedo after them and caught up with them as they camped by the sea beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.