¹⁹The Messenger of God, who had been in front of the Israelites, moved behind them. So the column of smoke moved from in front of the Israelites and stood behind them ²⁰between the Egyptian camp and the Israelite camp. The ⸤column of⸥ smoke was there when darkness came, and it lit up the night. Neither side came near the other all night long.

²¹Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. All that night the Lord pushed back the sea with a strong east wind and turned the sea into dry ground. The water divided, ²²and the Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground. The water stood like a wall on their right and on their left.

²³The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and cavalry followed them into the sea. ²⁴Just before dawn, the Lord looked down from the column of fire and smoke and threw the Egyptian camp into a panic. ²⁵He made the wheels of their chariots come off so that they could hardly move. Then the Egyptians shouted, “Let’s get out of here! The Lord is fighting for Israel! He’s against us!”

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