Exod 14
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And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth,
between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon: over against it shall you encamp by
the sea.
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And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the
wilderness has shut them in.
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And I will harden Pharaoh`s heart, and he shall follow after them; and I will get
me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host: and the Egyptians shall know that I
am YHWH. And they did so.
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And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled: and the heart of Pharaoh
and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, What is this we
have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
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And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
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and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains
over all of them.
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And YHWH hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children
of Israel: for the children of Israel went out with a high hand.
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And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses [and] chariots of Pharaoh, and
his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth,
before Baal-zephon.
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And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold,
the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children
of Israel cried out to YHWH.
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And they said to Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away
to die in the wilderness? wherefore have you dealt thus with us, to bring us forth
out of Egypt?
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Is not this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we
may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that
we should die in the wilderness.
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And Moses said to the people, Fear you not, stand still, and see the salvation of
YHWH, which he will work for you to-day: for the Egyptians whom you have seen to-day,
you shall see them again no more for ever.
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YHWH will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.
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And YHWH said to Moses, Wherefore cry you to me? speak to the children of Israel,
that they go forward.
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And lift you up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and
the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground.
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And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after
them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots,
and upon his horsemen.
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And the Egyptians shall know that I am YHWH, when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh,
upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
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And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind
them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them:
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and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud
and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other
all the night.
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And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and YHWH caused the sea to go [back]
by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were
divided.
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And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and
the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.
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And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh`s
horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
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And it came to pass in the morning watch, that YHWH looked forth upon the host of
the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the host of
the Egyptians.
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And he took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians
said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for YHWH fights for them against the Egyptians.
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And YHWH said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come
again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
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And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength
when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and YHWH overthrew the
Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
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And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the
host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as
one of them.
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But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters
were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.
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Thus YHWH saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the
Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore.
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And Israel saw the great work which YHWH did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared
YHWH: and they believed in YHWH, and in his servant Moses.