Exodus 14:10–30

¹⁰And Pharaoh approached, and the Israelites^g lifted their eyes, and there were the Egyptians traveling after them! And they were very afraid, and the Israelites^h cried out to Yahweh. ¹¹And they said to Moses, “Because there are no graves in Egypt? Is that why you have taken us to die in the desert? What is this you have done to us by bringing us out from Egypt! ¹²Isn’t this the word we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone so that we can serve Egypt!’ because serving Egypt is better for us than our dying in the desert.” ¹³And Moses said to the people, “You must not be afraid. Stand still and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will accomplish for you today, because the Egyptians whom you see today you will see never again. ¹⁴Yahweh will fight for you, and you must be quiet.”

¹⁵And Yahweh said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to me? Speak to the Israelitesⁱ so that they set out.^{j 16}And you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it so that the Israelites^k can go in the middle of the sea on the dry land. ¹⁷And as for me, look, I am about to harden the heart of the Egyptians so that they come after them, and I will display my glory through Pharaoh and through all of his army, through his chariots and through his charioteers. ¹⁸And the Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh when I display my glory through Pharaoh, through his chariots, and through his charioteers.”

¹⁹And the angel of God who was going before the camp of Israel set out and went behind them. And the column of cloud set out ahead of them, and it stood still behind them, ²⁰so that it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. And it was a dark cloud,^l but it gave light to the night,^m so that neither approached the otherⁿ all night.

²¹And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh moved the sea^o with a strong east wind all night, and he made the sea become dry ground, and the waters were divided. ²²And the Israelites^p entered the middle of the sea on the dry land. The waters were a wall for them on their right and on their left. ²³And the Egyptians gave chase^q and entered after them—all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his charioteers—into the middle of the sea. ²⁴And during the morning watch, Yahweh looked down to the Egyptian camp from in the column of fire and cloud, and he threw the Egyptian camp into a panic. ²⁵And he removed^r the wheels of their chariots so that they drove them with difficulty, and the Egyptians said, “We must flee away^s from Israel because Yahweh is fighting for them against Egypt.”

²⁶And Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, and let the waters return over the Egyptians, over their chariots, and over their charioteers.” ²⁷And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned at daybreak^t to its normal level, and the Egyptians were fleeing because of it,^u and Yahweh swept the Egyptians into the middle of the sea. ²⁸And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the charioteers—all the army of Pharaoh coming after them into the sea. Not even^v one survived among them. ²⁹But the Israelites^w walked on the dry land in the middle of the sea. The waters were a wall for them on their right and on their left. ³⁰And Yahweh saved Israel on that day from the hand^x of Egypt, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore of the sea.