Exodus 13–14

13And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ^2aSanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. ³And Moses said unto the people, ^bRemember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of ^†bondage; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place: ^cthere shall no leavened bread be eaten. ⁴This day came ye out in the month ^dAbib. ⁵And it shall be when the Lord shall ^ebring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he ^fsware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land ^gflowing with milk and honey, ^hthat thou shalt keep this service in this month. ⁶ⁱSeven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. ⁷Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. ⁸And thou shalt ^kshew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. ⁹And it shall be for ^la sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for ^ma memorial ^lbetween thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt. ¹⁰ⁿThou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. ¹¹And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, ^12oThat thou shalt ^†set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord’s. ¹³And ^pevery firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a ^||lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children ^qshalt thou redeem. ^14rAnd it shall be when thy son asketh thee ^†in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, ^sBy strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of ^†bondage: ¹⁵And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that ^tthe Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but ^uall the firstborn of my children I redeem. ¹⁶And it shall be for ^xa token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.

¹⁷And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people ^yrepent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: ¹⁸But God ^zled the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up ^||harnessed out of the land of Egypt. ¹⁹And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, ^aGod will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. ²⁰And ^bthey took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. ²¹And ^cthe Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: ²²He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

14And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ²Speak unto the children of Israel, ^athat they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between ^bMigdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. ³For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are ^centangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. ⁴And ^dI will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I ^ewill be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; ^fthat the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so. ⁵And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and ^gthe 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? ⁶And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: ⁷And he took ^hsix hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. ⁸And the Lord ⁱhardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and ^kthe children of Israel went out with an high hand. ⁹But the ^lEgyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

¹⁰And 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 ^mcried out unto the Lord. ¹¹ⁿAnd they said unto Moses, ^oBecause 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? ^12pIs 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. ¹³And Moses said unto the people, ^qFear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: ^||for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. ^14rThe Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall ^shold your peace. ¹⁵And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: ¹⁶But ^tlift 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. ¹⁷And I, behold, I will ^uharden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will ^xget me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. ¹⁸And the Egyptians ^yshall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. ¹⁹And ^zthe 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: ²⁰And 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.

²¹And Moses ^astretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and ^bmade the sea ^cdry land, and the waters were ^ddivided. ²²And ^ethe 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. ²³And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. ²⁴And it came to pass, that in ^fthe 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, ²⁵And 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 ^gfighteth for them against the Egyptians. ²⁶And the Lord said unto Moses, ^hStretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. ²⁷ⁱAnd Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea ^kreturned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; ^land the Lord ^†overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. ²⁸And ^mthe 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 ⁿone of them. ²⁹But ^othe 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. ³⁰Thus the Lord ^psaved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. ³¹And Israel saw that great ^†work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and ^qbelieved the Lord, and his servant Moses.