Exodus 14:1–14

The Red Sea Crossing

14Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ²“Speak to the children of Israel, ^athat they turn and camp before ^bPi Hahiroth, between ^cMigdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea. ³For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ^d‘They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.’ ⁴Then ^eI will harden Pharaoh’s heart, so that he will pursue them; and I ^fwill gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, ^gthat the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.

⁵Now it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and ^hthe heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people; and they said, “Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?” ⁶So he ¹made ready his chariot and took his people with him. ⁷Also, he took ⁱsix hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them. ⁸And the Lord ^jhardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and ^kthe children of Israel went out with boldness. ⁹So the ^lEgyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon.

¹⁰And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel ^mcried out to the Lord. ¹¹ⁿThen they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt? ^12oIs this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.”

¹³And Moses said to the people, ^p“Do not be afraid. ^qStand still, and see the ^rsalvation ²of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall ^ssee again no more forever. ^14tThe Lord will fight for you, and you shall ^uhold ³your peace.”