Chapter 13
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When Pharaoh sent the people out, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although it was near, for God said, "Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt."
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And God made the people go around by way of the wilderness of the Sea of Suf, and the sons of Israel went up armed fifty from the land of Egypt.
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Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry my bones up from here with you."
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And they journeyed from Succoth and encamped at Etham, at the edge of the wilderness.
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And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them on the way and by night in a pillar of fire to shine for them to go by day and by night.
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The pillar of the cloud will not depart by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Chapter 14
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The LORD said to Moses,
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Speak to the sons of Israel, and they shall turn back and encamp before the mouth of the Chirot, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-Zaphon; opposite it you shall encamp on the sea.
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Pharaoh said to the sons of Israel, "They are bewildered in the land; the wilderness has closed them in."
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And I will strengthen the heart of Pharaoh, and he will pursue after them, and I will be glorified in Pharaoh and in all his host, and Egypt will know that I am the LORD, and they did so.
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When it was told to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, the heart of Pharaoh and his servants turned toward the people, and they said, "What is this we have done? We have let Israel go from serving us."
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He bound his chariots 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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The LORD strengthened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel went out with a high hand.
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And the Egyptians pursued after them and overtook them encamped by the sea—all the horses of Pharaoh’s chariots and his horsemen and his force—upon Pi-hahiroth before Baal-zephon.
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Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites lifted their eyes, and there was Egypt marching after them. They feared greatly, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
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They said to Moses, "Is it for lack of burial sites in Egypt that you have taken us to die in the wilderness? What is this that you have done to us, to bring us out from Egypt?"
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Isn't it what we spoke to you about in Egypt, saying, "Leave us alone, and we will serve Egypt, for it is better for us to serve Egypt than to die in the wilderness"?
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And Moses said to the people, "Do not fear! Stand firm and see the salvation of the LORD that he will do for you today, for the Egyptians that you have seen today you will not see again forever."
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The LORD will fight for you, and you must be silent.
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And the LORD said to Moses, "Why do you cry out to me? Speak to the sons of Israel, and they will go."
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And you, lift your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and split it, and the sons of Israel will go in the midst of the sea on dry ground.
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And I, behold, I am strengthening the heart of Egypt, and they will come after them, and I will be glorified in Pharaoh and in all his army, in his chariotry and in his horsemen.
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And Egypt will know that I am the LORD when I am glorified in Pharaoh, in his chariots, and in his horsemen.
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And the angel of God, who was going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them, and the pillar of the cloud moved 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 the cloud and the darkness were there, and it lit the night, and this did not approach that all the night.
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And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD drove the sea with a strong east wind all night, and he made the sea dry land, and the waters were split.
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The sons of Israel went into the middle of the sea on dry land, and the waters were a wall to them on their right and on their left.
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And Egypt pursued them and came after them—all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen—into the midst of the sea.
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And it was in the morning watch, and the LORD looked down on the camp of Egypt in a pillar of fire and cloud, and he confused the camp of Egypt.
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And he removed the wheels from his chariots, and he drove them heavily, and Egypt said, "We have fled from before Israel, for the LORD fights for them against Egypt."
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The LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, and the waters will return upon Egypt, upon its chariotry and upon its horsemen."
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And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned at the turning of morning to its strong state, and the Egyptians were fleeing to meet it, and the LORD shook Egypt in the midst of the sea.
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And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the horses, all the army of Pharaoh, the ones coming after them in the sea; not one of them remained.
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And the sons of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right and on their left.
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And the LORD saved Israel on that day from the hand of Egypt, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore of the sea.
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And Israel saw the great hand that the LORD had done in Egypt, and the people feared the LORD and believed in the LORD and in Moses his servant.