Exodus 14:21-15:5

New International Version

²¹ Then Moses stretched out his hand^(A) over the sea,^(B) and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind^(C) and turned it into dry land.^(D) The waters were divided,^{(E) 22} and the Israelites went through the sea^(F) on dry ground,^(G) with a wall^(H) of water on their right and on their left.

²³ The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen^(I) followed them into the sea. ²⁴ During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud^(J) at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion.^{(K) 25} He jammed^[a] the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting^(L) for them against Egypt.”^(M)

²⁶ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” ²⁷ Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place.^(N) The Egyptians were fleeing toward^[b] it, and the Lord swept them into the sea.^{(O) 28} The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea.^(P) Not one of them survived.^(Q)

²⁹ But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground,^(R) with a wall^(S) of water on their right and on their left. ³⁰ That day the Lord saved^(T) Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. ³¹ And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand^(U) of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared^(V) the Lord and put their trust^(W) in him and in Moses his servant.

The Song of Moses and Miriam

15 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song^(X) to the Lord: