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Exodus 14 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Pharaoh in Pursuit

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:1 -

Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:2 - “Tell the sons of Israel to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:3 - “For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:4 - “And I will [fn]harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” And they did so.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 -

When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, [fn]Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, “What is this that we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:6 - So he had horses harnessed to his chariot and took his people with him;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:7 - and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:8 - So the LORD [fn]hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he chased after the sons of Israel as the sons of Israel were going out [fn]boldly.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - Then the Egyptians chased after them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:10 -

As Pharaoh approached, the sons of Israel [fn]looked, and behold, the Egyptians were coming after them, and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:11 - Then they said to Moses, “Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt with us in this way, [fn]bringing us out of Egypt?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - “Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘[fn]Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness!”

The Sea Is Divided

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:13 - But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! [fn]Stand by and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will perform for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again, ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:14 - “The LORD will fight for you, while you keep silent.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:15 -

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:16 - “As for you, lift up your staff and reach out with your hand over the sea and divide it, and the sons of Israel shall [fn]go through the midst of the sea on dry land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:17 - “And as for Me, behold, I will [fn]harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:18 - “Then the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I am honored through Pharaoh, through his chariots, and through his horsemen.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:19 -

Then the angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud [fn]along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Therefore the one did not approach the other all night.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:21 -

Then Moses reached out with his hand over the sea; and the LORD [fn]swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and turned the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:22 - So the sons of Israel [fn]went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right and on their left.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:23 - Then the Egyptians took up the pursuit, and all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen went in after them into the midst of the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:24 - But at the morning watch, the LORD looked down on the [fn]army of the Egyptians [fn]through the pillar of fire and cloud, and brought the [fn]army of the Egyptians into confusion.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - He [fn]caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians each said, “Let me flee from Israel, for the LORD is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:26 -

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Reach out with your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their horsemen.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:27 - So Moses reached out with his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing [fn]right into it; then the LORD [fn]overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:28 - The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, Pharaoh’s entire army that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of them remained.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29 - But the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right and on their left.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:30 -

So the LORD saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:31 - When Israel saw the great [fn]power which the LORD had [fn]used against the Egyptians, the people [fn]feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in His servant Moses.
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit make strong
Lit the heart of Pharaoh...was changed
Lit made strong
Lit with a high hand
Lit lifted up their eyes
Lit so as to bring
Lit Cease from us
Or Take your stand
Lit enter the
Lit make strong
Lit and the darkness
Lit caused to go
Lit entered the
Lit camp
Or in
Lit camp
Or removed
Lit to meet it
Lit shook off
Lit hand
Lit done
Or revered
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