1 Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Moses|strong="H4872",
2 “Tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Pi Hahiroth|strong="H6367". Tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" spend the|strong="H6440" night between|strong="H0996" Migdol|strong="H4024" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Red Sea|strong="H3220", near|strong="H6440" Baal Zephon.
3 Pharaoh|strong="H6547" will|strong="H0776" think|strong="H0559" that|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" Israelites|strong="H3478" are|strong="H1992" lost in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H0776" have|strong="H1121" no place|strong="H0776" to|strong="H0559" go.
4 I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" brave|strong="H2428", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" chase|strong="H7291" you|strong="H3588". But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" defeat Pharaoh|strong="H6547" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428". This|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H3045" honor|strong="H3513" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H0310". Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3820" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4713" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068".” So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" Israelites did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" he|strong="H3588" told|strong="H6213" them|strong="H0853".
5 Pharaoh|strong="H6547" received a|strong="H3588" report|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" escaped|strong="H1272". When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2063", he|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H7971" officials|strong="H5650" changed|strong="H2015" their|strong="H3588" minds|strong="H3824" about|strong="H0413" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H6213". Pharaoh|strong="H6547" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" we|strong="H3588" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478" leave? Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" we|strong="H3588" let|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0413" run away|strong="H7971"? Now|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" lost our|strong="H3588" slaves|strong="H5650"!”
6 So|strong="H3947" Pharaoh prepared|strong="H0631" his|strong="H3947" chariot|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7393" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" men|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853".
7 He|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" 600 of|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" best men|strong="H0970" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393". There|strong="H3605" was|strong="H4714" an|strong="H3947" officer in|strong="H5921" each|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H7393".
8 The|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" leaving|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" arms|strong="H3027" raised|strong="H7311" in|strong="H3068" victory. But|strong="H2388" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" caused Pharaoh|strong="H6547", the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714", to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7311" brave. And|strong="H1121" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" chased|strong="H7291" the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478".
9 The|strong="H3605" Egyptian|strong="H4713" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H0853" many horse|strong="H5483" soldiers|strong="H2428" and|strong="H6440" chariots|strong="H7393". They|strong="H5921" chased|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3605" Israelites and|strong="H6440" caught|strong="H5381" up|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853" while|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H2428" camped|strong="H2583" near|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Red Sea|strong="H3220" at|strong="H2583" Pi Hahiroth|strong="H6367", east|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Baal Zephon.
10 When|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478" saw|strong="H2009" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" army coming|strong="H2009" toward|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" frightened and|strong="H1121" cried|strong="H6817" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" for|strong="H0413" help.
11 They|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Moses|strong="H4872", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" bring|strong="H3318" us|strong="H0413" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0559" Egypt|strong="H4714"? Did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" bring|strong="H3318" us|strong="H0413" out|strong="H3318" here|strong="H2063" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H0413" die|strong="H4191"? We|strong="H4191" could|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0369" died|strong="H4191" peacefully in|strong="H0413" Egypt|strong="H4714"; there|strong="H0369" were|strong="H4714" plenty of|strong="H0559" graves|strong="H6913" in|strong="H0413" Egypt|strong="H4714".
12 We|strong="H3588" told|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2088" would|strong="H0559" happen|strong="H1697"! In|strong="H0413" Egypt|strong="H4714" we|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", ‘Please don’t|strong="H3808" bother us|strong="H0413". Let|strong="H3808" us|strong="H0413" stay and|strong="H4714" serve|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" Egyptians|strong="H4714".’ It|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0559" have|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" stay and|strong="H4714" be|strong="H4191" slaves|strong="H5647" than|strong="H4480" to|strong="H0413" come out|strong="H4480" here|strong="H2088" and|strong="H4714" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" desert|strong="H4057".”
13 But|strong="H3588" Moses|strong="H4872" answered|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H5750" afraid|strong="H3372"! Don’t|strong="H0408" run away|strong="H5750"! Stand|strong="H3320" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3068" watch|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" save|strong="H3444" you|strong="H0834" today|strong="H3117". You|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" these|strong="H5971" Egyptians|strong="H4713" again|strong="H5750".
14 You|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" not have|strong="H0859" to|strong="H3068" do anything but|strong="H0859" stay calm. The|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do the|strong="H3068" fighting|strong="H3898" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859".”
15 Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Moses|strong="H4872", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" still|strong="H0559" crying|strong="H6817" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"? Tell|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" Israelites|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" start moving.
16 Raise|strong="H7311" the|strong="H0853" walking stick in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Red Sea|strong="H3220", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" sea|strong="H3220" will|strong="H3478" split|strong="H1234". Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H1121" can|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" across|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" dry|strong="H3004" land|strong="H3004".
17 I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0589" made|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4713" brave|strong="H2428", so|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" will|strong="H3820" chase you|strong="H3605". But|strong="H2388" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3820" show|strong="H2388" you|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" more powerful|strong="H2428" than|strong="H3605" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H6571" and|strong="H0935" chariots|strong="H7393".
18 Then|strong="H3045" Egypt|strong="H4713" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3513" me|strong="H0589" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" defeat Pharaoh|strong="H6547" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" horse soldiers and|strong="H3068" chariots|strong="H7393".”
19 Then|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430" moved|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" back|strong="H0310" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H6440" people. (The|strong="H6440" angel|strong="H4397" was|strong="H3478" usually in|strong="H1980" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H6440" people, leading|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0310".) So|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" tall cloud|strong="H6051" moved|strong="H1980" from|strong="H5265" in|strong="H1980" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H6440" people and|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" back|strong="H0310" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H6440" people.
20 In|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" way|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" cloud|strong="H6051" stood|strong="H0935" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4714" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" light|strong="H0215" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478". But|strong="H3808" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" darkness|strong="H2822" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4714". So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4714" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" any|strong="H3605" closer to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915".
21 Moses|strong="H4872" raised his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Red Sea|strong="H3220", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" caused a|strong="H7760" strong|strong="H5794" wind|strong="H7307" to|strong="H5921" blow from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6921". The|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307" blew all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" long. The|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220" split|strong="H1234", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307" made|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H2724" dry|strong="H2724".
22 The|strong="H0935" Israelites|strong="H3478" went|strong="H0935" through|strong="H8432" the|strong="H0935" sea|strong="H3220" on|strong="H0935" dry|strong="H3004" land|strong="H3004". The|strong="H0935" water|strong="H4325" was|strong="H3478" like|strong="H3478" a|strong="H0935" wall|strong="H2346" on|strong="H0935" their|strong="H0935" right|strong="H3225" and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H0935" their|strong="H0935" left|strong="H8040".
23 Then|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H0935" horse|strong="H5483" soldiers followed|strong="H0310" them|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220".
24 Early|strong="H1242" that|strong="H3068" morning|strong="H1242" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" looked|strong="H8259" down|strong="H8259" from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" tall cloud|strong="H6051" and|strong="H3068" column|strong="H5982" of|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Egyptian|strong="H4713" army|strong="H4264". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" made|strong="H1961" them|strong="H0413" panic.
25 The|strong="H0853" wheels|strong="H0212" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" chariots|strong="H4818" became stuck. It|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" very hard to|strong="H0559" control the|strong="H0853" chariots|strong="H4818". The|strong="H0853" Egyptians|strong="H4714" shouted, “Let’s get|strong="H5493" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" here! The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" fighting|strong="H3898" against|strong="H6440" us|strong="H3588". He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" fighting|strong="H3898" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478".”
26 Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" told|strong="H0559" Moses|strong="H4872", “Raise your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" sea|strong="H3220" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" water|strong="H4325" fall and|strong="H3068" cover the|strong="H0853" Egyptian|strong="H4714" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3068" horse soldiers.”
27 So|strong="H7725" just before|strong="H5921" daylight, Moses|strong="H4872" raised|strong="H8432" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" sea|strong="H3220". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" water|strong="H0386" rushed back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" its|strong="H0853" proper level. The|strong="H0853" Egyptians|strong="H4714" were|strong="H4714" running|strong="H0386" as|strong="H3068" fast as|strong="H3068" they|strong="H5921" could from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" water|strong="H0386", but|strong="H6437" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" swept them|strong="H0853" away|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" sea|strong="H3220".
28 The|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0935" its|strong="H3605" normal level and|strong="H0935" covered|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H0935" horse soldiers|strong="H2428". Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H0853" been|strong="H3808" chasing|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" Israelites, but|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" was|strong="H0259" destroyed. None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4325" them|strong="H0853" survived|strong="H7604"!
29 But|strong="H3225" the|strong="H8432" Israelites|strong="H3478" crossed the|strong="H8432" sea|strong="H3220" on|strong="H1980" dry|strong="H3004" land|strong="H3004". The|strong="H8432" water|strong="H4325" was|strong="H3478" like|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1980" wall|strong="H2346" on|strong="H1980" their|strong="H8432" right|strong="H3225" and|strong="H1980" on|strong="H1980" their|strong="H8432" left|strong="H8040".
30 So|strong="H4191" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Egyptians|strong="H4714". Later, the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" dead|strong="H4191" bodies of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Egyptians|strong="H4714" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" shore|strong="H8193" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Red Sea|strong="H3220".
31 The|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" when|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" defeated the|strong="H0853" Egyptians|strong="H4714". So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" feared|strong="H3372" and|strong="H3068" respected the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" began to|strong="H3068" trust|strong="H0539" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" Moses|strong="H4872".