¹⁹Then the angel of God,^o who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud^p also moved from in front and stood behind^q them, ²⁰coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness^r to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.

²¹Then Moses stretched out his hand^s over the sea,^t and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind^u and turned it into dry land.^v The waters were divided,^w ²²and the Israelites went through the sea^x on dry ground,^y with a wall^z of water on their right and on their left.

²³The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen^a followed them into the sea. ²⁴During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud^b at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion.^c ²⁵He jammed^b the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting^d for them against Egypt.”^e

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Footnotes

bSee Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text removed

Cross references

oSee Ge 16:7; Isa 63:9
pSee Ex 13:21; 1 Co 10:1
q Isa 26:7; 42:16; 49:10; 52:12; 58:8
r Jos 24:7
sSee Ex 7:19
tSee Ex 4:2; Job 26:12; Isa 14:27; 23:11; 51:15; Jer 31:35; Ac 7:36
uSee Ge 41:6; Ex 15:8; 2 Sa 22:16; 1 Ki 19:11; Job 38:1; 40:6; Jer 23:19; Na 1:3
vSee ver 22; See Ge 8:1
w 2 Ki 2:8; Ps 74:13; 78:13; 114:5; 136:13; Isa 63:12
xver 16; Nu 33:8; Jos 24:6; Isa 43:16; 63:11; 1 Co 10:1
yver 21, 29; See Ex 3:12; 15:19; Dt 31:6–8; Jos 3:16, 17; 4:22; Ne 9:11; Ps 66:6; 77:19; 106:9; Isa 11:15; 41:10; 43:5; 44:27; 50:2; 51:10; 63:13; Jer 46:28; Na 1:4; Heb 11:29
z Ex 15:8; Jos 3:13; Ps 78:13
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bSee Ex 13:21; 1 Co 10:1
c Ex 23:27; Jos 10:10; 1 Sa 5:9; 7:10; 14:15; 2 Sa 5:24; 2 Ki 7:6; 19:7
dSee ver 14
eSee ver 9; Dt 32:31; 1 Sa 2:2; 4:8