Exodus 14:19–31

^19aThe angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.

²⁰So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud ¹along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night.

^21aThen Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord ¹swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into ^bdry land, so ^cthe waters were divided.

^22aThe sons of Israel ¹went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and ^bthe waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

²³Then ^athe Egyptians took up the pursuit, and all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots and his horsemen went in after them into the midst of the sea.

²⁴At the morning watch, ^athe Lord looked down on the ¹army of the Egyptians ²through the pillar of fire and cloud and brought the army of the Egyptians into confusion.

²⁵He ¹caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians said, “Let ²us flee from Israel, ^afor the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”

²⁶Then the Lord said to Moses, “^aStretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their horsemen.”

²⁷So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and ^athe sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing ¹right into it; then the Lord ^2boverthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

²⁸The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, ¹even Pharaoh’s entire army that had gone into the sea after them; ^anot even one of them remained.

²⁹But the sons of Israel walked on ^adry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

^30aThus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel ^bsaw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.

³¹When Israel saw the great ¹power which the Lord had ²used against the Egyptians, the people ³feared the Lord, and ^athey believed in the Lord and in His servant Moses.