Exodus 14:21–31

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 22}and 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 25}He 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

²⁶Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” ²⁷Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place.^f The Egyptians were fleeing toward^c it, and the Lord swept them into the sea.^{g 28}The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea.^h Not one of them survived.ⁱ

²⁹But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground,^j with a wall^k of water on their right and on their left. ³⁰That day the Lord saved^l Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. ³¹And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand^m of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people fearedⁿ the Lord and put their trust^o in him and in Moses his servant.