Exodus 14:16–15:21

^16kLift up your staff, and ^kstretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground. ¹⁷And ^lI will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and ^mI will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen. ¹⁸And the Egyptians ⁿshall know that I am the Lord, ^mwhen I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”

^19oThen the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them, ²⁰coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night¹ without one coming near the other all night.

²¹Then Moses ^kstretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by ^pa strong east wind all night and ^qmade the sea dry land, and the waters were ^rdivided. ²²And ^sthe people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being ^ta wall to them on their right hand and on their left. ²³The Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. ²⁴And in the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic, ²⁵clogging² their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for the ^uLord fights for them against the Egyptians.”

²⁶Then the Lord said to Moses, ^v“Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.” ^27wSo Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea ^xreturned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the Lord ^ythrew³ the Egyptians into the midst of the sea. ²⁸The ^zwaters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, ^anot one of them remained. ²⁹But the ^bpeople of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

³⁰Thus the Lord ^csaved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. ^31dIsrael saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they ^ebelieved in the Lord and in his servant Moses.

The Song of Moses

15Then Moses and the people of Israel ^fsang this song to the Lord, saying,

^g“I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;

the horse and his rider¹ he has thrown into the sea.

^2hThe Lord is my strength and my ⁱsong,

and he has become ^jmy salvation;

this is my God, and I will praise him,

^kmy father’s God, and ^lI will exalt him.

³The Lord is ^ma man of war;

ⁿthe Lord is his name.

^4o“Pharaoh’s chariots and his host he cast into the sea,

and his chosen ^pofficers were sunk in the Red Sea.

⁵The ^qfloods covered them;

they ^rwent down into the depths like a stone.

^6sYour right hand, O Lord, glorious in power,

your right hand, O Lord, ^tshatters the enemy.

⁷In the ^ugreatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries;

you send out your fury; it ^vconsumes them like stubble.

⁸At the ^wblast of your nostrils the waters piled up;

the ^xfloods stood up in a heap;

the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.

⁹The enemy said, ^y‘I will pursue, I will overtake,

I ^zwill divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them.

I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’

¹⁰You ^ablew with your wind; the ^bsea covered them;

they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

^11c“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods?

Who is like you, majestic in holiness,

awesome in ^dglorious deeds, ^edoing wonders?

¹²You stretched out ^fyour right hand;

the earth swallowed them.

¹³“You have ^gled in your steadfast love the people whom ^hyou have redeemed;

you have ⁱguided them by your strength to your holy abode.

^14jThe peoples have heard; they tremble;

pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia.

¹⁵Now are the chiefs of Edom ^kdismayed;

trembling seizes the leaders of ^lMoab;

^mall the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

¹⁶Terror and ⁿdread fall upon them;

because of the greatness of your arm, they are still ^oas a stone,

till your people, O Lord, pass by,

till the people pass by whom ^pyou have purchased.

¹⁷You will bring them in and ^qplant them on your own mountain,

the place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode,

^rthe sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established.

^18sThe Lord will reign forever and ever.”

¹⁹For when ^tthe horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, ^uthe Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. ²⁰Then ^vMiriam ^wthe prophetess, the ^xsister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and ^yall the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. ²¹And Miriam sang to them:

^z“Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;

the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”